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SMAC Architecture — Gloucester Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 58 / 100 · Rank 11 of 35

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.

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 & CWV8766+21
Technical7575level
Local presence8867+21
Visibility450+45
AI search presence00level
Content & trust1047.5−37.5
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV+21
Technical0
Local presence+21
Visibility+45
AI search presence0
Content & trust-37.5
These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
  • Worth fixingNo structured data on the homepageNothing tells a search engine or an assistant what this business is, where it is, or what it does — in machine-readable terms.
  • Worth fixingVery little published contentThe homepage carries 237 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.
Ranks for 6 of 12 keywords, average position 55.5, in the local 3-pack for 12 keywords.
KeywordPosition
architects Gloucester#51
architect Gloucester#40
architectural services Gloucester#58
house extension architect Gloucesternot in top 100
planning application architect Gloucesternot in top 100
listed building architect Gloucesternot in top 100
residential architects Gloucester#68
commercial architects Gloucester#39
self build architect Gloucester#77
loft conversion architect Gloucesternot in top 100
barn conversion architect Gloucesternot in top 100
conservation architect Gloucesternot in top 100
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, CK Architectural Gloucestershire, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV87
Technical75
Local presence88
Visibility45
AI search presence0
Content & trust10

this firm sector median leader

SMAC Architecture trails CK Architectural Gloucestershire by 216 points across 4 pillars, but 74% of that is AI search presence and Content & trust alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, Local presence.

Named in 0 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.
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
Google Business Profile.
Rating5 / 5
Reviews29
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days0
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.
  • advice5
  • honesty4
  • architectural design3
  • drawing plans2
  • fun to work with2
  • communication2
  • expertise2
  • questions2
  • money2
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 & trust10about page: no · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 237 words
Visibility45ranks for 6 of 12 keywords · average position 55.5 · local 3-pack: 12
Local presence8829 reviews · rated 5 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical75HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: no
  • Content & trust: 10/100, below the sector median of 47.5.

CK Architectural Gloucestershire leads the index with 79/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 100); Content & trust (10 vs 70); Visibility (45 vs 76).

  1. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
  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.
The firms nearest SMAC Architecture in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
A1 Architecture Ltd#959/1002 places above you
Francesco Pierazzi Architects#1353/1002 places below you
The Development Studio (TDS)#860/1003 places above you
GSSArchitecture#1452/1003 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 92 · accessibility 86 · best practices 100 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: `button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements do not have accessible names.; Render-blocking requests; Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
Google profile detail33 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 0 of 29 reviews are one star
Backlinks107730 referring domains · 4223394 links · rank 514 · 61938 broken
Site structure2 pages crawled · 4.5 internal links per page · 33% of links use a generic anchor · 0 sitemap pages not reachable by following links
Sitemap2 URLs listed · not declared in robots.txt · newest entry 726 days old · 2 of 2 sampled URLs resolve

SMAC Architecture’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.