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Wall Architecture — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 70 / 100 · Rank 2 of 80

Digital Visibility Score70/100Rank 2 of 80 · top 1%Critical problem1Search engines are being told not to index this siteOne page from the first1Closest: loft conversion architect Bristol at #18

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”
Each pillar scored 0–100 against the sector median for this index. The final column is this firm's distance from that median.
PillarScoreMedianvs median
Speed & CWV6966+3
Technical8875+13
Local presence7976.5+2.5
Visibility540+54
AI search presence600+60
Content & trust5540.5+14.5
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV+3
Technical+13
Local presence+2.5
Visibility+54
AI search presence+60
Content & trust+14.5

Problems found

Section titled “Problems found”
1 critical problem found. These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
  • CriticalSearch engines are being told not to index this siteThe site’s own robots.txt disallows crawling. Until that changes, nothing else on this page can help — the pages cannot enter the index in the first place.

Where this firm ranks

Section titled “Where this firm ranks”
Ranks for 10 of 12 keywords, average position 9.8, in the local 3-pack for 5 keywords.
KeywordPosition
architects Bristolnot in top 100
architect Bristol#9
architectural services Bristol#1
house extension architect Bristol#24
planning application architect Bristol#4
listed building architect Bristol#9
residential architects Bristol#9
commercial architects Bristol#9
self build architect Bristol#9
loft conversion architect Bristol#18
barn conversion architect Bristol#6
conservation architect Bristolnot in top 100

The gap to the leader

Section titled “The gap to the leader”
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, 3bd Architects, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV69
Technical88
Local presence79
Visibility54
AI search presence60
Content & trust55

this firm sector median leader

Wall Architecture trails 3bd Architects by 73 points across 4 pillars, but 70% of that is Speed & CWV and Content & trust alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Visibility, AI search presence.

Closest to the first page

Section titled “Closest to the first page”
Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.
loft conversion architect Bristol#18

1 position sits between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.

AI search presence

Section titled “AI search presence”
Named in 3 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?cited by domain
✓Top rated architectural practices in Bristolcited by domain
✓I need an architect in Bristol - who should I contact?cited by domain
✗Conservation architects in Bristol

Local presence

Section titled “Local presence”
Google Business Profile.
Rating5 / 5
Reviews1
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days1
Address matches websiteyes

Why this score

Section titled “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.
PillarScoreMade up of
Content & trust55about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 450 words
Visibility54ranks for 10 of 12 keywords · average position 9.8 · local 3-pack: 5
Local presence791 reviews · rated 5 · 1 new in 90 days
Technical88HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: no · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

Section titled “Key findings”
  • No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.

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 (69 vs 100); Content & trust (55 vs 75); Technical (88 vs 100).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

Section titled “Top fixes (ranked by impact)”
  1. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
  2. Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.
  3. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.

Firms ranked near this one

Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”
The firms nearest Wall Architecture in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol)#465/1002 places below you
Smith Maloney Hillier Architects Ltd#564/1003 places below you
Moon Design#661/1004 places below you
AHR Architects | Bristol#759/1005 places below you

Context (not scored)

Section titled “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 HouseCompany 16962295 · 0.6 years old · active · SIC 71111
Real-user speed (CrUX)Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)Performance 72 · accessibility 100 · best practices 100 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: LCP request discovery; Network dependency tree; Reduce unused JavaScript
Google profile detail52 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Backlinks48 referring domains · 78 links · rank 97
Site structure25 pages crawled · 27.2 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemap34 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 6 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

Section titled “Where to get this fixed”

Wall Architecture’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

  • Visibility (54/100) and Content & trust (55/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing these pillars: visibility, content & trust.

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.