Downend Design Ltd — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 18 / 100 · Rank 78 of 80

Digital Visibility Score18/100Rank 78 of 80Problems found1No XML sitemap foundFurthest behind-75Technical: 0 against a sector median of 75

Measured 31 August 2026 via the PYC Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Index. Every figure is objective and reproducible from the methodology. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Pillar breakdown vs sector median

Each pillar scored 0–100 against the sector median for this index. The final column is this firm's distance from that median.

Pillar	Score	Median	vs median
Speed & CWV	—	66	not measured
Technical	0	75	−75
Local presence	59	76.5	−17.5
Visibility	4	0	+4
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	—	40.5	not measured

Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.

Speed & CWV		not measured
Technical		-75
Local presence		-17.5
Visibility		+4
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		not measured

Problems found

These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.

• Worth fixingNo XML sitemap foundSearch engines have to discover every page by following links. On a small site that is survivable; on a large one it is not.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 1 of 12 keywords, average position 26, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Bristol	not in top 100
architect Bristol	not in top 100
architectural services Bristol	not in top 100
house extension architect Bristol	not in top 100
planning application architect Bristol	#26
listed building architect Bristol	not in top 100
residential architects Bristol	not in top 100
commercial architects Bristol	not in top 100
self build architect Bristol	not in top 100
loft conversion architect Bristol	not in top 100
barn conversion architect Bristol	not in top 100
conservation architect Bristol	not in top 100

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, 3bd Architects, on every pillar.

Technical		0
Local presence		59
Visibility		4
AI search presence		0

this firm sector median leader

Downend Design Ltd trails 3bd Architects by 157 points across 3 pillars, but 83% of that is Technical and Local presence alone. It already matches or beats the leader on AI search presence.

AI search presence

Named in 0 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✗	Who are the best architects in Bristol?
✗	Which architect in Bristol would you recommend for a house extension?
✗	Top rated architectural practices in Bristol
✗	I need an architect in Bristol - who should I contact?
✗	Conservation architects in Bristol

Why this score

What each score is made of. Every input here is in the open dataset, so the arithmetic can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Pillar	Score	Made up of
Visibility	4	ranks for 1 of 12 keywords · average position 26 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	59	0 reviews · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	0	HTTPS: — · page allows indexing: — · robots.txt allows crawling: — · sitemap: no · structured data: —

Key findings

• Technical: 0/100, below the sector median of 75.
• Local presence: 59/100, below the sector median of 76.5.

How this compares to the leader

3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Technical (0 vs 100); Local presence (59 vs 89); Visibility (4 vs 31).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Add valid LocalBusiness schema, fix indexability, and ensure a fresh XML sitemap is referenced in robots.txt.
2. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
3. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Downend Design Ltd in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Hatcher Prichard Architects	#76	19/100	2 places above you
IBI Group	#80	17/100	2 places below you
George Harwood Ltd	#75	33/100	3 places above you
Argyll Design Partnership	#74	33/100	4 places above you

Context (not scored)

Recorded alongside the measurement to make it easier to judge, but carrying no weight in the Digital Visibility Score. See the methodology.

Companies House	No confident match on the registered name
Real-user speed (CrUX)	Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Google profile detail	1 photo · unclaimed · no description · no hours listed
Backlinks	41 referring domains · 56 links · rank 100 · 1 broken
Site structure	Not crawled — fetch failed

Where to get this fixed

Downend Design Ltd’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• Technical (0/100) — read SEO automation on running these technical checks continuously rather than once a quarter. Background on analysing this pillar: technical.
• AI search presence (0/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.

↑ Ranked aboveMathew Ingham Design#77 · 19/100 Full indexAll 80 firms ↓ Ranked belowMaddox Design - Architectural Design Consultancy#79 · 18/100

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How this is measured: see the index methodology, and the statistical methods behind each pillar. This index is published by PYC; if you want this score moved, start here.