House Doctor — Cheltenham Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 18 / 100 · Rank 57 of 59

Digital Visibility Score18/100Rank 57 of 59Problems found1No XML sitemap foundFurthest behind-75Technical: 0 against a sector median of 75

Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Cheltenham 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	—	63	not measured
Technical	0	75	−75
Local presence	63	73	−10
Visibility	0	0	level
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	—	35	not measured

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

Speed & CWV		not measured
Technical		-75
Local presence		-10
Visibility		0
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		not measured

Problems found

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

• Worth fixingNo XML sitemap foundSearch engines have to discover every page by following links. On a small site that is survivable; on a large one it is not.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 0 of 12 keywords, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Cheltenham	not in top 100
architect Cheltenham	not in top 100
architectural services Cheltenham	not in top 100
house extension architect Cheltenham	not in top 100
planning application architect Cheltenham	not in top 100
listed building architect Cheltenham	not in top 100
residential architects Cheltenham	not in top 100
commercial architects Cheltenham	not in top 100
self build architect Cheltenham	not in top 100
loft conversion architect Cheltenham	not in top 100
barn conversion architect Cheltenham	not in top 100
conservation architect Cheltenham	not in top 100

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, RE-Design Architects, on every pillar.

Technical		0
Local presence		63
Visibility		0
AI search presence		0

this firm sector median leader

House Doctor trails RE-Design Architects by 254 points across 4 pillars, but 71% of that is Technical and AI search presence alone.

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 Cheltenham?
✗	Which architect in Cheltenham would you recommend for a house extension?
✗	Top rated architectural practices in Cheltenham
✗	I need an architect in Cheltenham - who should I contact?
✗	Conservation architects in Cheltenham

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
Visibility	0	ranks for 0 of 12 keywords · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	63	0 reviews · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	0	HTTPS: — · page allows indexing: — · robots.txt allows crawling: — · sitemap: no · structured data: —

Key findings

• Technical: 0/100, below the sector median of 75.
• Local presence: 63/100, below the sector median of 73.

How this compares to the leader

RE-Design Architects leads the index with 74/100. The largest gaps are: Technical (0 vs 100); AI search presence (0 vs 80); Visibility (0 vs 49).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Add valid LocalBusiness schema, fix indexability, and ensure a fresh XML sitemap is referenced in robots.txt.
2. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
3. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest House Doctor in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Civic-Planning & Design & Energy & Carbon Groups	#55	32/100	2 places above you
ZIELE Ltd	#59	17/100	2 places below you
Conault Design	#54	35/100	3 places above you
Planet Building Design Ltd	#53	36/100	4 places above 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	1 photo · claimed · has a description · no hours listed
Backlinks	10 referring domains · 23 links · rank 0
Site structure	Not crawled — fetch failed

Where to get this fixed

House Doctor’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• Technical (0/100) — read SEO automation on running these technical checks continuously rather than once a quarter. Background on analysing this pillar: technical.
• Visibility (0/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

↑ Ranked aboveGreet Building Services Ltd#56 · 22/100 Full indexAll 59 firms ↓ Ranked belowHorace Brown Ltd#58 · 17/100

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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.