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Highcroft Referrals — Bristol Vet Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 58 / 100 · Rank 11 of 29

Digital Visibility Score58/100Rank 11 of 29 · top 36%Problems found1The site has not changed in a long timeFurthest behind-21Visibility: 0 against a sector median of 21

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

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 & CWV7768.5+8.5
Technical10088+12
Local presence7981−2
Visibility021−21
AI search presence00level
Content & trust6660+6
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV+8.5
Technical+12
Local presence-2
Visibility-21
AI search presence0
Content & trust+6

Problems found

Section titled “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 4.2 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Section titled “Where this firm ranks”
Ranks for 0 of 12 keywords, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.
KeywordPosition
vets Bristolnot in top 100
veterinary practice Bristolnot in top 100
best vets Bristolnot in top 100
emergency vet Bristolnot in top 100
cat vet Bristolnot in top 100
dog vet Bristolnot in top 100
24 hour vet Bristolnot in top 100
vet costs Bristolnot in top 100
animal hospital Bristolnot in top 100
vets Cliftonnot in top 100
vets Redlandnot in top 100
veterinary Cliftonnot in top 100

The gap to the leader

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This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Bristol Vet Specialists, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV77
Technical100
Local presence79
Visibility0
AI search presence0
Content & trust66

this firm sector median leader

Highcroft Referrals trails Bristol Vet Specialists by 140 points across 4 pillars, but 83% of that is AI search presence and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, Content & trust.

AI search presence

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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

Section titled “Local presence”
Google Business Profile.
Rating4.7 / 5
Reviews450
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days0
Address matches websiteyes

What customers talk about

Section titled “What customers talk about”
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.
  • surgery14
  • compassionate10
  • nurses9
  • rabbit9
  • expert7
  • reptiles6
  • pay6
  • felt6
  • mind5
  • insurance5

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 & trust66about page: yes · team page: yes · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 609 words · last changed: 1546 days ago
Visibility0ranks for 0 of 12 keywords · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence79450 reviews · rated 4.7 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical100HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

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  • Visibility: 0/100, below the sector median of 21.

How this compares to the leader

Section titled “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 (0 vs 56); Local presence (79 vs 100).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

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

Firms ranked near this one

Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”
The firms nearest Highcroft Referrals in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
Zetland Vets, Westbury-On-Trym#962/1002 places above you
Golden Valley Vets#1357/1002 places below you
Viking Vets#862/1003 places above you
PassPets Bristol#1457/1003 places below you

Context (not scored)

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Recorded alongside the measurement to make it easier to judge, but carrying no weight in the Digital Visibility Score. See the methodology.
Companies HouseNo confident match on the registered name
Real-user speed (CrUX)Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)Performance 47 · accessibility 100 · best practices 100 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Avoid multiple page redirects; Reduce unused JavaScript; Render-blocking requests
Google profile detail41 photos · claimed · has a description · no hours listed · 13 of 450 reviews are one star
Backlinks51 referring domains · 74 links · rank 94
Site structure1 pages crawled · 0 internal links per page
Sitemapnot declared in robots.txt · no lastmod dates

Where to get this fixed

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Highcroft Referrals’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.