Measured 3 October 2026 via the PYC Exeter Solicitor Digital Visibility Index. Every figure is objective and reproducible from the methodology. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
This firm against the sector median and the index leader, Gilbert Stephens, on every pillar.
Speed & CWV
87
Technical
100
Local presence
70
Visibility
21
AI search presence
20
Content & trust
70
this firm sector median leader
Setfords Exeter trails Gilbert Stephens by 92 points across 4 pillars, but 74% of that is AI search presence and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, Technical.
Largest Contentful Paint measured two ways: one throttled lab run, against 28 days of real Chrome users.
Lab (Lighthouse, mobile)
3.0s
one throttled load on a datacentre machine
Field (real users)
2.7s
75th percentile of actual Chrome visitors over 28 days
The lab figure is 1.1× the real-user figure. The lab test looks acceptable while real visitors are failing Core Web Vitals. This is the more serious direction of disagreement: the problem is real and a one-off lab run is missing it. The metric failing for real users is loading (LCP).
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)
LCP 2719ms · INP 104ms · CLS 0 · does not pass Core Web Vitals
Lighthouse (lab, mobile)
Performance 89 · accessibility 85 · best practices 96 · SEO 92 — biggest losses: Forced reflow; Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing.; Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
Visibility (21/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.