Cheltenham Osteopaths — Gloucester Physiotherapy Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 24 / 100 · Rank 46 of 46

Digital Visibility Score24/100Rank 46 of 46Problems found1No XML sitemap foundFurthest behind-88Technical: 0 against a sector median of 88

Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Gloucester Physiotherapy 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	—	63	not measured
Technical	0	88	−88
Local presence	66	72.5	−6.5
Visibility	2	10.5	−8.5
AI search presence	20	0	+20
Content & trust	—	49	not measured

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

Speed & CWV		not measured
Technical		-88
Local presence		-6.5
Visibility		-8.5
AI search presence		+20
Content & trust		not measured

Problems found

These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.

• Worth fixingNo XML sitemap foundSearch engines have to discover every page by following links. On a small site that is survivable; on a large one it is not.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 0 of 12 keywords, in the local 3-pack for 1 keyword.

Keyword	Position
physiotherapy Gloucester	not in top 100
physio Gloucester	not in top 100
best physiotherapist Gloucester	not in top 100
sports injury clinic Gloucester	not in top 100
back pain treatment Gloucester	not in top 100
chiropractor Gloucester	not in top 100
osteopath Gloucester	not in top 100
private physio Gloucester	not in top 100
rehabilitation clinic Gloucester	not in top 100
physiotherapy Quedgeley	not in top 100
physiotherapy Hucclecote	not in top 100
physio Quedgeley	not in top 100

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, 5 Valleys Physio Ltd (Gloucester), on every pillar.

Technical		0
Local presence		66
Visibility		2
AI search presence		20

this firm sector median leader

Cheltenham Osteopaths trails 5 Valleys Physio Ltd (Gloucester) by 231 points across 4 pillars, but 67% of that is AI search presence and Technical alone.

AI search presence

Named in 1 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✗	Who are the best physiotherapists in Gloucester?
✗	Which physio clinic in Gloucester would you recommend for a sports injury?
✗	Top rated physiotherapy in Gloucester
✓	I have back pain and live in Gloucester - who should I see?	named
✗	Best physiotherapy in Quedgeley, Gloucester

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	5 / 5
Reviews	4
Locations	1
Reviews in last 90 days	1
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
Visibility	2	ranks for 0 of 12 keywords · local 3-pack: 1
Local presence	66	4 reviews · rated 5 · 1 new in 90 days
Technical	0	HTTPS: — · page allows indexing: — · robots.txt allows crawling: — · sitemap: no · structured data: —

Key findings

• Technical: 0/100, below the sector median of 88.

How this compares to the leader

5 Valleys Physio Ltd (Gloucester) leads the index with 78/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (20 vs 100); Technical (0 vs 75); Visibility (2 vs 54).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Add valid LocalBusiness schema, fix indexability, and ensure a fresh XML sitemap is referenced in robots.txt.
2. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
3. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest Cheltenham Osteopaths in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Andrew Knowles Physiotherapy	#44	39/100	2 places above you
Bespoke Treatment	#43	41/100	3 places above you
Forma	#42	42/100	4 places above you
Recommended Physiotherapist Gloucestershire	#41	43/100	5 places above 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
Google profile detail	1 photo · claimed · no description · no hours listed
Backlinks	37 referring domains · 41 links · rank 0
Site structure	Not crawled — fetch failed

Where to get this fixed

Cheltenham Osteopaths’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• Technical (0/100) — read SEO automation on running these technical checks continuously rather than once a quarter. Background on analysing this pillar: technical.
• Visibility (2/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

↑ Ranked aboveCPM Sports#45 · 39/100 Full indexAll 46 firms Bottom of the index

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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.