gcp Chartered Architects — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score
Digital Visibility Score: 50 / 100 · Rank 35 of 80
Digital Visibility Score50/100Rank 35 of 80 · top 43%Furthest behind-22Speed & CWV: 44 against a sector median of 66
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
Section titled “Pillar breakdown vs sector median”| Pillar | Score | Median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed & CWV | 44 | 66 | −22 |
| Technical | 100 | 75 | +25 |
| Local presence | 67 | 76.5 | −9.5 |
| Visibility | 4 | 0 | +4 |
| AI search presence | 0 | 0 | level |
| Content & trust | 70 | 40.5 | +29.5 |
| Speed & CWV | -22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | +25 | |
| Local presence | -9.5 | |
| Visibility | +4 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | +29.5 |
Where this firm ranks
Section titled “Where this firm ranks”| 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 | not in top 100 |
| listed building architect Bristol | not in top 100 |
| residential architects Bristol | not in top 100 |
| commercial architects Bristol | #21 |
| 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
Section titled “The gap to the leader”| Speed & CWV | 44 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | 100 | |
| Local presence | 67 | |
| Visibility | 4 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | 70 |
this firm sector median leader
gcp Chartered Architects trails 3bd Architects by 110 points across 4 pillars, but 75% of that is Speed & CWV and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, AI search presence.
AI search presence
Section titled “AI search presence”| ✗ | 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
Section titled “Why this score”| Pillar | Score | Made up of |
|---|---|---|
| Content & trust | 70 | about page: no · team page: yes · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 312 words |
| Visibility | 4 | ranks for 1 of 12 keywords · average position 21 · local 3-pack: 0 |
| Local presence | 67 | 0 reviews · 0 new in 90 days |
| Technical | 100 | HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes |
Key findings
Section titled “Key findings”- Speed & CWV: 44/100, below the sector median of 66.
How this compares to the leader
Section titled “How this compares to the leader”3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Speed & CWV (44 vs 100); Visibility (4 vs 31); Local presence (67 vs 89).
Top fixes (ranked by impact)
Section titled “Top fixes (ranked by impact)”- Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
- Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
- Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.
Firms ranked near this one
Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”| Firm | Rank | Score | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWW | #33 | 50/100 | 2 places above you |
| Bristol Property Repair | #37 | 49/100 | 2 places below you |
| Studio Sintaa | #32 | 51/100 | 3 places above you |
| Dovela Designs | #38 | 49/100 | 3 places below you |
Context (not scored)
Section titled “Context (not scored)”| Companies House | No confident match on the registered name |
|---|---|
| Real-user speed (CrUX) | Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset |
| Lighthouse (lab, mobile) | Performance 46 · accessibility 92 · best practices 81 · SEO 85 — biggest losses: Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.; Render-blocking requests; Minimize main-thread work |
| Google profile detail | 24 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed |
| Backlinks | 121 referring domains · 217 links · rank 135 |
| Site structure | 1 pages crawled · 53 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 803 sitemap pages not reachable by following links |
| Sitemap | 803 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 8 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve |
Where to get this fixed
Section titled “Where to get this fixed”gcp Chartered Architects’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:
- 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.
- Visibility (4/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.
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.