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Regency Vets — Cheltenham Vet Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 74 / 100 · Rank 5 of 20

Digital Visibility Score74/100Rank 5 of 20 · top 21%Problems found1Structured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupOne page from the first2Closest: 24 hour vet Cheltenham at #14Furthest behind-19Speed & CWV: 49 against a sector median of 68

Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Cheltenham 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 & CWV4968−19
Technical8888level
Local presence10078.5+21.5
Visibility584.5+53.5
AI search presence800+80
Content & trust5553+2
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV-19
Technical0
Local presence+21.5
Visibility+53.5
AI search presence+80
Content & trust+2

Problems found

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These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
  • Worth fixingStructured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupThe page describes something to machines, but not that it is a local business with an address and opening hours.

Where this firm ranks

Section titled “Where this firm ranks”
Ranks for 10 of 12 keywords, average position 9.3, in the local 3-pack for 7 keywords.
KeywordPosition
vets Cheltenham#4
veterinary practice Cheltenham#10
best vets Cheltenham#3
emergency vet Cheltenham#16
cat vet Cheltenham#5
dog vet Cheltenham#5
24 hour vet Cheltenham#14
vet costs Cheltenham#1
animal hospital Cheltenham#7
vets Montpelliernot in top 100
vets Charlton Kings#28
veterinary Montpelliernot in top 100

The gap to the leader

Section titled “The gap to the leader”
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Arvonia Vets Churchdown Veterinary Centre, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV49
Technical88
Local presence100
Visibility58
AI search presence80
Content & trust55

this firm sector median leader

Regency Vets trails Arvonia Vets Churchdown Veterinary Centre by 82 points across 3 pillars, but 76% of that is Content & trust and Speed & CWV alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, Local presence, Visibility.

Closest to the first page

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Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.
24 hour vet Cheltenham#14
emergency vet Cheltenham#16

2 positions sit between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.

AI search presence

Section titled “AI search presence”
Named in 4 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.
✓Who are the best vets in Cheltenham?cited by domain
✓Which veterinary practice in Cheltenham would you recommend?cited by domain
✗Top rated vets in Cheltenham
✓My pet is unwell in Cheltenham - which vet should I call?cited by domain
✓Best vets in Montpellier, Cheltenhamcited by domain

Local presence

Section titled “Local presence”
Google Business Profile.
Rating5 / 5
Reviews124
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days10
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.
  • caring vets17
  • reception team8
  • calm atmosphere7
  • neutering6
  • nervous dog6
  • independent vet practice3
  • dew claw injury2
  • unrushed appointments2
  • procedure explanation2
  • informative advice2

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 & trust55about page: no · team page: yes · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 689 words
Visibility58ranks for 10 of 12 keywords · average position 9.3 · local 3-pack: 7
Local presence100124 reviews · rated 5 · 10 new in 90 days
Technical88HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

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  • Speed & CWV: 49/100, below the sector median of 68.

How this compares to the leader

Section titled “How this compares to the leader”

Arvonia Vets Churchdown Veterinary Centre leads the index with 76/100. The largest gaps are: Content & trust (55 vs 96); Speed & CWV (49 vs 70); AI search presence (80 vs 100).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

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  1. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.
  2. Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.
  3. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.

Firms ranked near this one

Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”
The firms nearest Regency Vets in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
Madra Veterinary Clinic Cheltenham#376/1002 places above you
Casvet#764/1002 places below you
Cheltenham Animal Shelter#276/1003 places above you
Dragon Vets, Prestbury Park#862/1003 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 HouseCompany 14729502 · 3.5 years old · active · SIC 75000
Real-user speed (CrUX)Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)Performance 48 · accessibility 98 · best practices 81 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Minimize main-thread work; Forced reflow; Avoid multiple page redirects
Google profile detail50 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 0 of 124 reviews are one star
Backlinks45 referring domains · 65 links · rank 62 · 1 broken
Site structure1 pages crawled · 32 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, team 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 16 sitemap pages not reachable by following links
Sitemap16 URLs listed · not declared in robots.txt · newest entry 23 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

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Regency Vets’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.