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Lavika Architects — Worcester Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 54 / 100 · Rank 11 of 25

Digital Visibility Score54/100Rank 11 of 25 · top 42%Critical problem1Search engines are being told not to index this siteOne page from the first2Closest: planning application architect Wo… at #17Furthest behind-2Content & trust: 35 against a sector median of 37

Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Worcester 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”
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 & CWV6461+3
Technical7575level
Local presence8178+3
Visibility4517+28
AI search presence00level
Content & trust3537−2
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV+3
Technical0
Local presence+3
Visibility+28
AI search presence0
Content & trust-2

Problems found

Section titled “Problems found”
1 critical problem found. These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.
  • 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 fixingStructured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupThe page describes something to machines, but not that it is a local business with an address and opening hours.

Where this firm ranks

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Ranks for 10 of 12 keywords, average position 36.2, in the local 3-pack for 2 keywords.
KeywordPosition
architects Worcester#31
architect Worcester#30
architectural services Worcester#32
house extension architect Worcester#21
planning application architect Worcester#17
listed building architect Worcesternot in top 100
residential architects Worcester#41
commercial architects Worcester#52
self build architect Worcesternot in top 100
loft conversion architect Worcester#19
barn conversion architect Worcester#54
conservation architect Worcester#65

The gap to the leader

Section titled “The gap to the leader”
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV64
Technical75
Local presence81
Visibility45
AI search presence0
Content & trust35

this firm sector median leader

Lavika Architects trails Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester by 106 points across 5 pillars, but 61% of that is AI search presence and Technical alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV.

Closest to the first page

Section titled “Closest to the first page”
Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.
planning application architect Worcester#17
loft conversion architect Worcester#19

2 positions sit between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.

AI search presence

Section titled “AI search presence”
Named in 0 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.
✗Who are the best architects in Worcester?
✗Which architect in Worcester would you recommend for a house extension?
✗Top rated architectural practices in Worcester
✗I need an architect in Worcester - who should I contact?
✗Conservation architects in Worcester

Local presence

Section titled “Local presence”
Google Business Profile.
Rating5 / 5
Reviews2
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days0
Address matches websiteyes

Why this score

Section titled “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.
PillarScoreMade up of
Content & trust35about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: no · blog or news: no · homepage: 498 words
Visibility45ranks for 10 of 12 keywords · average position 36.2 · local 3-pack: 2
Local presence812 reviews · rated 5 · 0 new in 90 days
Technical75HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: no · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

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

How this compares to the leader

Section titled “How this compares to the leader”

Taylor & Co Architects - Worcester leads the index with 68/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 40); Technical (75 vs 100); Visibility (45 vs 68).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

Section titled “Top fixes (ranked by impact)”
  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.

Firms ranked near this one

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The firms nearest Lavika Architects in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
JPL Architectural Design Ltd.#955/1002 places above you
TR Architectural Services#1353/1002 places below you
Glazzard Architects Ltd#857/1003 places above you
Zebra Architects#1452/1003 places below you

Context (not scored)

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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 72 · accessibility 97 · best practices 96 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Forced reflow; LCP request discovery; Duplicated JavaScript
Google profile detail16 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed
Backlinks32 referring domains · 34 links · rank 0
Site structure13 pages crawled · 24.7 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click, about 1 click · 0% of links use a generic anchor · 0 sitemap pages not reachable by following links
Sitemap11 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 62 days old · 5 of 5 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

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Lavika Architects’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.