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Stephen Varney Associates Architects - Exeter — Exeter Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 60 / 100 · Rank 15 of 63

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.

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 & CWV4064−24
Technical10088+12
Local presence8876+12
Visibility464+42
AI search presence200+20
Content & trust4249.5−7.5
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV-24
Technical+12
Local presence+12
Visibility+42
AI search presence+20
Content & trust-7.5
Ranks for 11 of 12 keywords, average position 30.5, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.
KeywordPosition
architects Exeter#46
architect Exeter#37
architectural services Exeter#26
house extension architect Exeter#5
planning application architect Exeter#2
listed building architect Exeter#53
residential architects Exeter#27
commercial architects Exeternot in top 100
self build architect Exeter#25
loft conversion architect Exeter#25
barn conversion architect Exeter#50
conservation architect Exeter#40
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Living Space Architects, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV40
Technical100
Local presence88
Visibility46
AI search presence20
Content & trust42

this firm sector median leader

Stephen Varney Associates Architects - Exeter trails Living Space Architects by 137 points across 4 pillars, but 87% of that is AI search presence and Speed & CWV alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Technical, Local presence.

Named in 1 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.
Who are the best architects in Exeter?
Which architect in Exeter would you recommend for a house extension?cited by domain
Top rated architectural practices in Exeter
I need an architect in Exeter - who should I contact?
Conservation architects in Exeter
Google Business Profile.
Rating5 / 5
Reviews9
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days4
Address matches websiteyes
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.
  • ideas5
  • planning applications3
  • design creation2
  • recommendation2
  • creative2
  • architect2
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 & trust42about page: no · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: yes · homepage: 481 words · last changed: 259 days ago
Visibility46ranks for 11 of 12 keywords · average position 30.5 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence889 reviews · rated 5 · 4 new in 90 days
Technical100HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes
  • Speed & CWV: 40/100, below the sector median of 64.

Living Space Architects leads the index with 82/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (20 vs 100); Speed & CWV (40 vs 79); Content & trust (42 vs 53).

  1. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
  2. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.
  3. Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.
The firms nearest Stephen Varney Associates Architects - Exeter in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
LHC Design#1360/1002 places above you
PMR Architecture#1759/1002 places below you
KTA - Architects in Exeter and Plymouth, Devon#1260/1003 places above you
Salmon Planning Company - West Somerset, Devon & Cornwall#1859/1003 places below you
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 52 · accessibility 86 · best practices 96 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Buttons do not have an accessible name; Reduce unused CSS; Document does not have a main landmark.
Google profile detail28 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 0 of 9 reviews are one star
Backlinks69 referring domains · 279 links · rank 81
Site structure25 pages crawled · 25.7 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, services 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemap29 URLs listed · not declared in robots.txt · newest entry 23 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Stephen Varney Associates Architects - Exeter’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.