Clifton Dental Surgery — Bristol Dentist Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 72 / 100 · Rank 1 of 9

Digital Visibility Score72/100Rank 1 of 9 · top 1%Problems found2Structured data present, but no LocalBusiness markupFurthest behind-18Speed & CWV: 44 against a sector median of 62

Measured 5 October 2026 via the PYC Bristol Dentist 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	44	62	−18
Technical	88	88	level
Local presence	89	84	+5
Visibility	44	17	+27
AI search presence	80	0	+80
Content & trust	87	70	+17

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

Speed & CWV		-18
Technical		0
Local presence		+5
Visibility		+27
AI search presence		+80
Content & trust		+17

Problems found

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

• 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.
• Worth knowingThe site has not changed in a long timeThe homepage last reported a change 8 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 5 of 12 keywords, average position 4.8, in the local 3-pack for 3 keywords.

Keyword	Position
dentist Bristol	not in top 100
best dentist Bristol	not in top 100
private dentist Bristol	#6
NHS dentist Bristol	not in top 100
emergency dentist Bristol	not in top 100
cosmetic dentistry Bristol	#4
dental implants Bristol	#6
teeth whitening Bristol	not in top 100
invisalign Bristol	#7
dentist Clifton	not in top 100
dentist Bishopston	not in top 100
dental practice Clifton	#1

AI search presence

Named in 4 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✓	Who are the best dentists in Bristol?	named
✓	Which dental practice in Bristol would you recommend?	named
✓	Top rated private dentists in Bristol	named
✗	I need to register with a dentist in Bristol - who should I contact?
✓	Best dentist in Clifton, Bristol	named

Local presence

Google Business Profile.

Rating	4.85 / 5
Reviews	539
Locations	5
Reviews in last 90 days	20
Address matches website	no

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
Content & trust	87	about page: yes · people introduced: yes · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 11,153 words · last changed: 2908 days ago
Visibility	44	ranks for 5 of 12 keywords · average position 4.8 · local 3-pack: 3
Local presence	89	539 reviews · rated 4.85 · 20 new in 90 days
Technical	88	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

• Speed & CWV: 44/100, below the sector median of 62.

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.
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 Clifton Dental Surgery in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Bristol Dental Specialists	#3	65/100	2 places below you
Clifton Down Dental Practice	#4	57/100	3 places below you
Dental Touch	#5	57/100	4 places below you
Redland Road Dental Practice	#6	57/100	5 places below 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
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)	Performance 44 · accessibility 74 · best practices 73 · SEO 77 — biggest losses: Render-blocking requests; Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.; Reduce JavaScript execution time
Backlinks	126 referring domains · 237 links · rank 138
Site structure	1 pages crawled · 35 internal links per page · 3% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemap	not declared in robots.txt · no lastmod dates

Where to get this fixed

Clifton Dental Surgery’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• Visibility (44/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.
• AI search presence (80/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.

Top of the index Full indexAll 9 firms ↓ Ranked belowDentaQuest Clifton#2 · 66/100

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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.