Living Space Architects — Exeter Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 82 / 100 · Rank 1 of 63

Digital Visibility Score82/100Rank 1 of 63 · top 1%Problems found1The site has not changed in a long timeOne page from the first1Closest: planning application architect Ex… at #20

Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Exeter 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	79	64	+15
Technical	100	88	+12
Local presence	88	76	+12
Visibility	53	4	+49
AI search presence	100	0	+100
Content & trust	53	49.5	+3.5

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

Speed & CWV		+15
Technical		+12
Local presence		+12
Visibility		+49
AI search presence		+100
Content & trust		+3.5

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 6 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 12 of 12 keywords, average position 12.7, in the local 3-pack for 2 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Exeter	#6
architect Exeter	#5
architectural services Exeter	#8
house extension architect Exeter	#6
planning application architect Exeter	#20
listed building architect Exeter	#1
residential architects Exeter	#4
commercial architects Exeter	#30
self build architect Exeter	#4
loft conversion architect Exeter	#64
barn conversion architect Exeter	#2
conservation architect Exeter	#2

Closest to the first page

Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.

planning application architect Exeter

#20

1 position sits between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.

AI search presence

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

✓	Who are the best architects in Exeter?	cited by domain
✓	Which architect in Exeter would you recommend for a house extension?	cited by domain
✓	Top rated architectural practices in Exeter	cited by domain
✓	I need an architect in Exeter - who should I contact?	cited by domain
✓	Conservation architects in Exeter	cited by domain

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	4.7 / 5
Reviews	13
Locations	2
Reviews in last 90 days	0
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	53	about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 943 words · last changed: 2185 days ago
Visibility	53	ranks for 12 of 12 keywords · average position 12.7 · local 3-pack: 2
Local presence	88	13 reviews · rated 4.7 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	100	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

• No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

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

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Living Space Architects in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
New Space Architecture Limited	#3	72/100	2 places below you
Hilton Barnfield Architects	#4	71/100	3 places below you
Co Create Architects - RIBA Chartered Architects Exeter	#5	69/100	4 places below you
ARP Architects Ltd.	#6	68/100	5 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 81 · accessibility 96 · best practices 78 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Reduce unused CSS; Does not use HTTPS; Avoid multiple page redirects
Google profile detail	23 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Backlinks	97 referring domains · 173 links · rank 132
Site structure	1 pages crawled · 60 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 60 sitemap pages not reachable by following links
Sitemap	60 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 92 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

Living Space Architects’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• Visibility (53/100) and Content & trust (53/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing these pillars: visibility, content & trust.

Top of the index Full indexAll 63 firms ↓ Ranked belowTom Spriggs Architect#2 · 81/100

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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.