Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol) — Bristol Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 65 / 100 · Rank 4 of 80

Digital Visibility Score65/100Rank 4 of 80 · top 4%Problems found1The site has not changed in a long timeFurthest behind-9Speed & CWV: 57 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	57	66	−9
Technical	100	75	+25
Local presence	82	76.5	+5.5
Visibility	30	0	+30
AI search presence	40	0	+40
Content & trust	70	40.5	+29.5

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

Speed & CWV		-9
Technical		+25
Local presence		+5.5
Visibility		+30
AI search presence		+40
Content & trust		+29.5

Problems found

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

• Worth knowingThe site has not changed in a long timeThe homepage last reported a change 3.5 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 6 of 12 keywords, average position 9.5, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Bristol	#4
architect Bristol	#7
architectural services Bristol	#3
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	#4
commercial architects Bristol	#2
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	#37

The gap to the leader

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

Speed & CWV		57
Technical		100
Local presence		82
Visibility		30
AI search presence		40
Content & trust		70

this firm sector median leader

Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol) trails 3bd Architects by 56 points across 4 pillars, but 89% of that is Speed & CWV and Local presence alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, AI search presence.

AI search presence

Named in 2 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✓	Who are the best architects in Bristol?	cited by domain
✗	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?	cited by domain
✗	Conservation architects in Bristol

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	4.3 / 5
Reviews	6
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	70	about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 1,020 words · last changed: 1271 days ago
Visibility	30	ranks for 6 of 12 keywords · average position 9.5 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	82	6 reviews · rated 4.3 · 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

• No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.

How this compares to the leader

3bd Architects leads the index with 70/100. The largest gaps are: Speed & CWV (57 vs 100).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
2. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
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 Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol) in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Wall Architecture	#2	70/100	2 places above you
Moon Design	#6	61/100	2 places below you
3bd Architects	#1	70/100	3 places above you
AHR Architects | Bristol	#7	59/100	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	Company 14359720 · 4 years old · active · SIC 71111
Real-user speed (CrUX)	Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)	Performance 54 · accessibility 88 · best practices 74 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Does not use HTTPS; Largest Contentful Paint; Document does not have a main landmark.
Google profile detail	9 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 1 of 6 reviews are one star
Backlinks	95 referring domains · 124 links · rank 138
Site structure	Not crawled — homepage HTTP 403

Where to get this fixed

Wotton Donoghue Architects (Bristol)‘s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• Visibility (30/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.
• AI search presence (40/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.

↑ Ranked aboveCGA Architects (Chris Goodsall)#3 · 65/100 Full indexAll 80 firms ↓ Ranked belowSmith Maloney Hillier Architects Ltd#5 · 64/100

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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.