Digital Visibility Score: 80 / 100 · Rank 1 of 29
Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Bristol Vet Digital Visibility Index. Every figure is objective and reproducible from the methodology . Spotted an error? Request a correction .
Each pillar scored 0–100 against the sector median for this index. The final column is this firm's distance from that median.
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV +11.5 Technical +12 Local presence +19 Visibility +35 AI search presence +60 Content & trust +6
These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
Worth knowing The site has not changed in a long time The homepage last reported a change 4.2 years ago.
Ranks for 12 of 12 keywords, average position 9.1, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.
Keyword Position vets Bristol #1 veterinary practice Bristol #6 best vets Bristol #2 emergency vet Bristol #7 cat vet Bristol #2 dog vet Bristol #2 24 hour vet Bristol #20 vet costs Bristol #23 animal hospital Bristol #1 vets Clifton #13 vets Redland #16 veterinary Clifton #16
Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.
#13 #16 #16 #20
4 positions sit between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.
Named in 3 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.
✓ Who are the best vets in Bristol? cited by domain ✗ Which veterinary practice in Bristol would you recommend? ✓ Top rated vets in Bristol cited by domain ✓ My pet is unwell in Bristol - which vet should I call? cited by domain ✗ Best vets in Clifton, Bristol
Google Business Profile.
Rating 4.9 / 5 Reviews 159 Locations 1 Reviews in last 90 days 20 Address matches website yes
Largest Contentful Paint measured two ways: one throttled lab run, against 28 days of real Chrome users.
Lab (Lighthouse, mobile) 12.8s one throttled load on a datacentre machine Field (real users) 1.3s 75th percentile of actual Chrome visitors over 28 days
The lab figure is 10.2× the real-user figure. Both agree the site is performing acceptably for real visitors.
Themes Google extracted from this business’s reviews, by how often customers raise them. Not scored — this is what people say, not how findable the business is.
intensive care 6 ct scan 5 radiotherapy 5 thorough examination 5 neurology team 4 nervous dog care 3 bone cancer diagnosis 2 dermatology referral 2 heart murmur referral 2 free hot drinks 2
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 66 about page: yes · team page: yes · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 609 words · last changed: 1546 days ago Visibility 56 ranks for 12 of 12 keywords · average position 9.1 · local 3-pack: 0 Local presence 100 159 reviews · rated 4.9 · 20 new in 90 days Technical 100 HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes
No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.
Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.
The firms nearest Bristol Vet Specialists in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
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) LCP 1258ms · INP 71ms · CLS 0 · passes Core Web Vitals Lighthouse (lab, mobile) Performance 52 · accessibility 100 · best practices 100 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Links do not have descriptive text; Legacy JavaScript; Improve image delivery Google profile detail 47 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 3 of 159 reviews are one star Backlinks 207 referring domains · 455 links · rank 229 · 3 broken Site structure 25 pages crawled · 78.4 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click, team 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor Sitemap 25 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 118 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve
Bristol Vet Specialists’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:
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 .