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Stocks Veterinary Centre - Lower Wick — Worcester Vet Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 59 / 100 · Rank 7 of 15

Digital Visibility Score59/100Rank 7 of 15 · top 43%Problems found1No XML sitemap foundOne page from the first3Closest: dog vet Worcester at #12Furthest behind-88Technical: 0 against a sector median of 88

Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Worcester Vet 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 & CWV7661+15
Technical088−88
Local presence9782+15
Visibility4538+7
AI search presence800+80
Content & trust—46not measured
Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.
Speed & CWV+15
Technical-88
Local presence+15
Visibility+7
AI search presence+80
Content & trustnot measured

Problems found

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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

Section titled “Where this firm ranks”
Ranks for 10 of 12 keywords, average position 13.4, in the local 3-pack for 2 keywords.
KeywordPosition
vets Worcester#6
veterinary practice Worcester#1
best vets Worcester#18
emergency vet Worcester#9
cat vet Worcester#22
dog vet Worcester#12
24 hour vet Worcester#19
vet costs Worcester#2
animal hospital Worcester#21
vets St Johnsnot in top 100
vets Barbourne#24
veterinary St Johnsnot in top 100

The gap to the leader

Section titled “The gap to the leader”
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Severn Veterinary Centre, Tybridge House, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV76
Technical0
Local presence97
Visibility45
AI search presence80

this firm sector median leader

Stocks Veterinary Centre - Lower Wick trails Severn Veterinary Centre, Tybridge House by 141 points across 3 pillars, but 86% of that is Technical and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, Local presence.

Closest to the first page

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Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.
dog vet Worcester#12
best vets Worcester#18
24 hour vet Worcester#19

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

AI search presence

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Named in 4 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.
✓Who are the best vets in Worcester?cited by domain
✗Which veterinary practice in Worcester would you recommend?
✓Top rated vets in Worcestercited by domain
✓My pet is unwell in Worcester - which vet should I call?cited by domain
✓Best vets in St Johns, Worcestercited by domain

Local presence

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Google Business Profile.
Rating4.8 / 5
Reviews152
Locations1
Reviews in last 90 days9
Address matches websiteyes

What customers talk about

Section titled “What customers talk about”
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.
  • caring staff20
  • kind and gentle vets3
  • understanding staff3
  • efficient staff3
  • thoroughness3
  • reliable3
  • thorough check ups2
  • delayed appointment2
  • quick response2
  • small practice2

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
Visibility45ranks for 10 of 12 keywords · average position 13.4 · local 3-pack: 2
Local presence97152 reviews · rated 4.8 · 9 new in 90 days
Technical0HTTPS: — · page allows indexing: — · robots.txt allows crawling: — · sitemap: no · structured data: —

Key findings

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

How this compares to the leader

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Severn Veterinary Centre, Tybridge House leads the index with 79/100. The largest gaps are: Technical (0 vs 88); Visibility (45 vs 78); AI search presence (80 vs 100).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

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  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. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.

Firms ranked near this one

Section titled “Firms ranked near this one”
The firms nearest Stocks Veterinary Centre - Lower Wick in this ranking, beyond the two either side.
FirmRankScoreWhy it is here
MacArthur Barstow & Gibbs - Worcester Vets#565/1002 places above you
My Home Pet Vet Ltd#954/1002 places below you
Brentknoll Vets in Worcester#468/1003 places above you
St Peters Vets Worcester#1052/1003 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 61 · accessibility 98 · best practices 73 · SEO 100 — biggest losses: Reduce unused JavaScript; LCP breakdown; Network dependency tree
Google profile detail44 photos · claimed · has a description · hours listed · 3 of 152 reviews are one star
Backlinks95 referring domains · 275 links · rank 149 · 1 broken
Site structureNot crawled — fetch failed

Where to get this fixed

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Stocks Veterinary Centre - Lower Wick’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 (45/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

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.