Golden Valley Vets — Bristol Vet Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 57 / 100 · Rank 13 of 29

Digital Visibility Score57/100Rank 13 of 29 · top 43%Problems found2Very little published contentFurthest behind-15Content & trust: 45 against a sector median of 60

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.

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	70	68.5	+1.5
Technical	100	88	+12
Local presence	77	81	−4
Visibility	21	21	level
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	45	60	−15

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

Speed & CWV		+1.5
Technical		+12
Local presence		-4
Visibility		0
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		-15

Problems found

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

• Worth fixingVery little published contentThe homepage carries 324 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 7.2 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 5 of 12 keywords, average position 32, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
vets Bristol	#28
veterinary practice Bristol	not in top 100
best vets Bristol	#21
emergency vet Bristol	#38
cat vet Bristol	not in top 100
dog vet Bristol	#34
24 hour vet Bristol	#39
vet costs Bristol	not in top 100
animal hospital Bristol	not in top 100
vets Clifton	not in top 100
vets Redland	not in top 100
veterinary Clifton	not in top 100

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Bristol Vet Specialists, on every pillar.

Speed & CWV		70
Technical		100
Local presence		77
Visibility		21
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		45

this firm sector median leader

Golden Valley Vets trails Bristol Vet Specialists by 149 points across 5 pillars, but 64% of that is AI search presence and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical.

AI search presence

Named in 0 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✗	Who are the best vets in Bristol?
✗	Which veterinary practice in Bristol would you recommend?
✗	Top rated vets in Bristol
✗	My pet is unwell in Bristol - which vet should I call?
✗	Best vets in Clifton, Bristol

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	4.51 / 5
Reviews	176
Locations	3
Reviews in last 90 days	1
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	45	about page: yes · team page: yes · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 324 words · last changed: 2644 days ago
Visibility	21	ranks for 5 of 12 keywords · average position 32 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	77	176 reviews · rated 4.51 · 1 new in 90 days
Technical	100	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

• Content & trust: 45/100, below the sector median of 60.

How this compares to the leader

Bristol Vet Specialists leads the index with 80/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 60); Visibility (21 vs 56); Local presence (77 vs 100).

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. Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Golden Valley Vets in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Highcroft Referrals	#11	58/100	2 places above you
Bristol PDSA Pet Hospital	#15	56/100	2 places below you
Zetland Vets, Clifton	#10	60/100	3 places above you
Community Vets	#16	55/100	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
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)	Performance 87 · accessibility 66 · best practices 100 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Reduce unused JavaScript; LCP request discovery; Links do not have a discernible name
Google profile detail	2 photos · claimed · no description · hours listed · 0 of 13 reviews are one star
Backlinks	97 referring domains · 408 links · rank 170
Site structure	25 pages crawled · 13 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	1 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 2644 days old · 1 of 1 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

Golden Valley Vets’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 (21/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

↑ Ranked abovePeaceful Paws Vet#12 · 58/100 Full indexAll 29 firms ↓ Ranked belowPassPets Bristol#14 · 57/100

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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.