Ceri ap Dafydd Architect — Gloucester Architect Digital Visibility Score
Digital Visibility Score: 45 / 100 · Rank 23 of 35
Digital Visibility Score45/100Rank 23 of 35Critical problem1Search engines are being told not to index this siteFurthest behind-37.5Content & trust: 10 against a sector median of 47.5
Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Gloucester Architect 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”| Pillar | Score | Median | vs median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed & CWV | 65 | 66 | −1 |
| Technical | 88 | 75 | +13 |
| Local presence | 67 | 67 | level |
| Visibility | 0 | 0 | level |
| AI search presence | 0 | 0 | level |
| Content & trust | 10 | 47.5 | −37.5 |
| Speed & CWV | -1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | +13 | |
| Local presence | 0 | |
| Visibility | 0 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | -37.5 |
Problems found
Section titled “Problems found”- CriticalSearch engines are being told not to index this siteThe site’s own robots.txt disallows crawling. Until that changes, nothing else on this page can help — the pages cannot enter the index in the first place.
- Worth fixingVery little published contentThe homepage carries 374 words and the site links to no blog, news or insights section. There is little here for a search engine to match, or for an assistant to quote.
Where this firm ranks
Section titled “Where this firm ranks”| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| architects Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| architectural services Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| house extension architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| planning application architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| listed building architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| residential architects Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| commercial architects Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| self build architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| loft conversion architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| barn conversion architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
| conservation architect Gloucester | not in top 100 |
The gap to the leader
Section titled “The gap to the leader”| Speed & CWV | 65 | |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | 88 | |
| Local presence | 67 | |
| Visibility | 0 | |
| AI search presence | 0 | |
| Content & trust | 10 |
this firm sector median leader
Ceri ap Dafydd Architect trails CK Architectural Gloucestershire by 248 points across 4 pillars, but 71% of that is AI search presence and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, Local presence.
AI search presence
Section titled “AI search presence”| ✗ | Who are the best architects in Gloucester? | |
| ✗ | Which architect in Gloucester would you recommend for a house extension? | |
| ✗ | Top rated architectural practices in Gloucester | |
| ✗ | I need an architect in Gloucester - who should I contact? | |
| ✗ | Conservation architects in Gloucester |
Why this score
Section titled “Why this score”| Pillar | Score | Made up of |
|---|---|---|
| Content & trust | 10 | about page: no · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 374 words |
| Visibility | 0 | ranks for 0 of 12 keywords · local 3-pack: 0 |
| Local presence | 67 | 0 reviews · 0 new in 90 days |
| Technical | 88 | HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: no · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes |
Key findings
Section titled “Key findings”- Content & trust: 10/100, below the sector median of 47.5.
How this compares to the leader
Section titled “How this compares to the leader”CK Architectural Gloucestershire leads the index with 79/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 100); Visibility (0 vs 76); Content & trust (10 vs 70).
Top fixes (ranked by impact)
Section titled “Top fixes (ranked by impact)”- Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
- Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
- Add about/team pages, and refresh stale content.
Firms ranked near this one
Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”| Firm | Rank | Score | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forde Architecture | #21 | 46/100 | 2 places above you |
| Clancy Design Services | #25 | 42/100 | 2 places below you |
| Extension Architecture Gloucester - Extension Plans & Design | #20 | 46/100 | 3 places above you |
| Potter Church & Holmes | #26 | 42/100 | 3 places below you |
Context (not scored)
Section titled “Context (not scored)”| 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 73 · accessibility 100 · best practices 81 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Document request latency; Reduce unused JavaScript; Avoid multiple page redirects |
| Google profile detail | 1 photo · claimed · has a description · hours listed |
| Backlinks | 34 referring domains · 35 links · rank 0 |
| Site structure | 1 pages crawled · 5 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 2 sitemap pages not reachable by following links |
| Sitemap | 3 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 357 days old · 3 of 3 sampled URLs resolve |
Where to get this fixed
Section titled “Where to get this fixed”Ceri ap Dafydd Architect’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:
- Visibility (0/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.
- AI search presence (0/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.
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.