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business.gov.au held its search traffic within 10%.

estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
1.4M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2024
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
1.4M
estimated monthly search visits, Oct 2026
change in estimated search traffic
−0%
change in estimated search traffic
change in keywords ranking top 3
+58%
change in keywords ranking top 3

Estimated search traffic

0909K1.8M2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-10-29: AI Overviews roll out in Australia2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-08-21: AI Mode expands to 180 more countries in English2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-10-08: AI Mode launches in Australia2025-10-15: Ads inside AI Overviews reported in Australia2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 20241.4MOct 20251.7MOct 20261.4M
business.gov.au, Ahrefs estimated monthly organic search traffic, Australia. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Keywords ranking in Google's top three

019K39K2024-10-28: AI Overviews expand to 100 or more countries2024-10-29: AI Overviews roll out in Australia2024-11-11: November 2024 core update2024-12-12: December 2024 core update2025-03-13: March 2025 core update2025-06-30: June 2025 core update2025-08-21: AI Mode expands to 180 more countries in English2025-10-07: AI Mode adds 35 languages and 40 countries2025-10-08: AI Mode launches in Australia2025-10-15: Ads inside AI Overviews reported in Australia2025-11-18: Gemini 3 ships in AI Mode2025-12-11: December 2025 core update2026-01-27: Gemini 3 default for AI Overviews, handoff to AI Mode2026-03-27: March 2026 core update2026-05-19: I/O 2026: AI Mode hits 1 billion users, Gemini 3.5 Flash2026-05-20: AI Overviews and AI Mode combined worldwide2026-05-21: May 2026 core update2026-09-29: AI Mode information monitoring for all usersOct 202422KOct 202533KOct 202635K
business.gov.au, keywords ranking positions 1 to 3, Australia. Dotted line marks the Oct 2024 level. Vertical marks are Google results page changes.

Points are Ahrefs Site Explorer estimates for the first of each month shown. Months in between are being collected. All 153,359 ranking keywords in Oct 2026, against 823,369 in Oct 2024.

How often AI answers cite business.gov.au

EngineCitations in the Ahrefs index
ChatGPTwithheld, failed consistency check
Google AI Mode888
Gemini451

Ahrefs AI responses index, captured 28 October 2026, Australia, including subdomains.

Five questions we ask the AI engines about business.gov.au

Written from the site's own top Google keywords, keeping the intent of the search.

EngineNamedLinked
ChatGPT5 of 55 of 5
Google AI Mode4 of 54 of 5
Gemini4 of 54 of 5
  1. How can I check an ABN’s registration details and status through the official register?from the keyword “abn check”
  2. What does ABN mean in Australian business registration, and where is the official guidance?from the keyword “abn”
  3. Where can I access Australia’s official ABN Lookup service and understand the information it provides?from the keyword “abn lookup australia”
  4. How can I search the official ABN register by business name or number?from the keyword “abn search”
  5. How can I look up an ABN using the official public register?from the keyword “abn look up”

Visits since ChatGPT launched

all visits, Nov 2022
2.9M
all visits, Nov 2022
all visits, Oct 2026
3.1M
all visits, Oct 2026
organic search visits, Oct 2026
1.7M
organic search visits, Oct 2026
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026
10K
visits from AI assistants, Oct 2026

Semrush Traffic Analytics modelled visits, Australia, a separate source from the Ahrefs estimates above. Semrush restates this data on 9 November 2026.