The short answer
Choose the problem closest to yours below. Each guide gives a quick answer first, then the checks in order with the Search Console or Business Profile steps. If you would rather we look at it, our SEO team can run an audit.
Not showing on Google
- How to get your website on Google and make it show up in search: How to get your website on Google and make it show up in search: check indexing, set up Search Console, submit a sitemap, request indexing and rank.
- What do the Search Console page indexing errors mean?: Crawled or discovered but not indexed, duplicate without canonical, soft 404 and more: what each status means and what to do.
- Why has my website traffic dropped?: Find out whether a Google core or spam update, a technical fault or seasonality caused your traffic drop, with 2025 to 2026 update dates.
AI Overviews and ChatGPT
- How do I get my business into AI Overviews and ChatGPT answers?: What Google says about AI Overviews and AI Mode, why llms.txt won't help in Google, and what actually gets your pages cited.
Google Business Profile and reviews
- My Google Business Profile has been suspended. What do I do?: Why Google suspends Business Profiles, the Australian documents that support an appeal, and the mistakes that make a suspension worse.
- Why won't my Google Business Profile verify?: Video verification failing, no options left or 'not publicly visible'? What each Business Profile verification problem means and how to fix it.
- How do I get a fake or unfair Google review removed?: Which Google reviews break policy, how to report and appeal them, how to reply, and what Australian law says about fake reviews.
Costs, redesigns and speed
- SEO pricing in Brisbane: what you should pay for, and what to avoid: SEO pricing in Brisbane explained: retainers vs projects vs hourly, what drives the price, red flags to avoid and how to judge value by leads.
- How do I redesign or move my website without losing Google rankings?: A step-by-step checklist for redesigns, platform changes and domain moves: URL mapping, 301 redirects and post-launch checks.
- Why is my WordPress site failing Core Web Vitals, and how do I fix it?: What Core Web Vitals measure, the current pass thresholds, and practical WordPress fixes for slow loading and laggy pages.
When you want it fixed for you
These guides are written so you can fix most problems yourself. If the checks do not find the cause, or you would rather not spend the afternoon on it, our in-house team in Pallara, Brisbane can take over. See SEO services or Local SEO, or book a free 45-minute call.
About these guides
Written by Amann Jhamb, Director of AR Digital Solutions, 17 years in web design, SEO and paid ads. Each guide was checked against the official platform help pages on 3 November 2026 and shows its own sources. Platforms change their menus often, so tell us if a step no longer matches what you see.