WH Architects — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 42 / 100 · Rank 62 of 80

Digital Visibility Score42/100Rank 62 of 80Problems found3Structured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupFurthest behind-46Speed & CWV: 20 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

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	20	66	−46
Technical	88	75	+13
Local presence	84	76.5	+7.5
Visibility	8	0	+8
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	20	40.5	−20.5

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

Speed & CWV		-46
Technical		+13
Local presence		+7.5
Visibility		+8
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		-20.5

Problems found

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

• Worth fixingStructured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupThe page describes something to machines, but not that it is a local business with an address and opening hours.
• Worth fixingVery little published contentThe homepage carries 44 words and the site links to no blog, news or insights section. There is little here for a search engine to match, or for an assistant to quote.
• Worth knowingThe site has not changed in a long timeThe homepage last reported a change 2.5 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 2 of 12 keywords, average position 50, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Bristol	#46
architect Bristol	#54
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	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.

Speed & CWV		20
Technical		88
Local presence		84
Visibility		8
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		20

this firm sector median leader

WH Architects trails 3bd Architects by 175 points across 5 pillars, but 77% of that is Speed & CWV and Content & trust 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

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	5 / 5
Reviews	4
Locations	1
Reviews in last 90 days	0
Address matches website	yes

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
Content & trust	20	about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 44 words · last changed: 911 days ago
Visibility	8	ranks for 2 of 12 keywords · average position 50 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	84	4 reviews · rated 5 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	88	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

• Speed & CWV: 20/100, below the sector median of 66.
• Content & trust: 20/100, below the sector median of 40.5.

How this compares to the leader

3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Speed & CWV (20 vs 100); Content & trust (20 vs 75); Visibility (8 vs 31).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
2. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
3. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest WH Architects in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
PLACE By Design	#60	43/100	2 places above you
Howard Baker Design	#64	39/100	2 places below you
Gabriela Roberts Architecture	#59	43/100	3 places above you
keyframe	#65	39/100	3 places below 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	6 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Backlinks	57 referring domains · 68 links · rank 188
Site structure	Not crawled — homepage HTTP 403

Where to get this fixed

WH 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 (8/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

↑ Ranked aboveEtch Architecture#61 · 42/100 Full indexAll 80 firms ↓ Ranked belowNicholas Morley Architects Ltd#63 · 41/100

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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.