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Search Scope (SEO consultancy)

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This article is about the Australian SEO consultancy at searchscope.com.au. It is not affiliated with the SEO software platforms at searchscope.io and searchscope.cloud.

Search Scope is an SEO consultancy based in Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia. It was set up in 2021 by Dorian Menard, who has worked in SEO since 2013.[1] It works with multi-location and national brands across Australia.[1]

Its work covers multi-location and franchise SEO, national SEO, local SEO and Google Maps visibility, AI search visibility, and the reinstatement of suspended Google Business Profile, Google Merchant Center and Google Ads accounts.[2][4] Search Scope describes itself as founder-led: the founder works directly on every engagement, with no account managers.[1][4]

Search Scope is a registered business name, recorded on the Australian Business Register from 3 May 2021 under Dorian Menard’s Australian Business Number, 15 319 579 846.[3]

History

Dorian Menard moved to Perth in 2012 and worked full-time in SEO from 2013, at SEO and web agencies in Perth, until he founded Search Scope in Victoria Park in 2021.[5][1] The Australian Business Register records his ABN as active from 1 May 2021 and the Search Scope business name from 3 May 2021.[3]

official Search Scope dates the formalisation of its Google Business Profile reinstatement specialism to 2025.[1] Its published reinstatement figures cover every suspension case it accepted from 1 February 2025 to 31 July 2026.[6] Dated events are listed in the Search Scope timeline.

Services and methods

Search Scope’s service list runs from local, multi-location and franchise SEO to AI SEO, SEO audits, reputation management and the recovery of suspended Google Business Profile, Merchant Center and Google Ads accounts.[2] It does not offer social media management, web design or brand strategy.[1]

The consultancy has named methods for its main lines of work. Local SEO and Google Business Profile retainers run under the Local Traffic System, AI search visibility work follows the five-part AI Entity Authority System, and reinstatement work follows a diagnose-then-appeal sequence.[2] Franchise and multi-location networks are handled under the four-stage Network Visibility System.[7] Each is described in Search Scope services.

Research and publications

official Search Scope publishes first-party data from its Google Business Profile casework: 300 Australian suspension cases handled between 1 February 2025 and 31 July 2026, of which it reports 295 reinstated.[6] Its research publication, AI SEO Perth, published the Perth AI Search Study 2026 on 11 September 2026, based on 2,400 answers from four AI systems to 200 commercial questions about Perth businesses.[8] Search Scope also publishes reference pages defining AI search, generative engine optimisation and answer engine optimisation.[2] Both datasets are summarised in Search Scope research and data.

People

Portrait photograph of Dorian Menard
Dorian Menard, founder of Search Scope. Credit: Search Scope. Licence: All rights reserved. Image source.

Search Scope’s about page lists a team of three.[1] Dorian Menard, the founder and SEO consultant, builds and runs every campaign. Matt Brendan, the senior developer, puts technical SEO changes into effect, including schema and structured data, and looks after site performance. Sunil Verma, the assistant in AI automation, builds the internal AI workflows for reporting, monitoring and outreach.[1] The founder’s career is covered in the article on Dorian Menard.

Name and identifiers

Search Scope states that it sells services, not software, and has no connection with two SEO software platforms that use a similar name:[2]

  • Searchscope, at searchscope.io, which runs an SEO and AI search intelligence platform.
  • Search Scope, at searchscope.cloud, a single SEO software suite aimed at agencies and businesses, with prices in pounds sterling.

It describes them as separate organisations with no shared ownership, staff or products.[2]

Official profiles

The structured data on Search Scope’s website identifies the business by its ABN and links the following profiles as its own:[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "About Search Scope: A Founder-Led SEO Consultancy in Perth". Search Scope. Last updated 24 August 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Official Information About Search Scope". Search Scope. Last reviewed 9 September 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Current details for ABN 15 319 579 846". ABN Lookup, Australian Business Register. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Founder-Led SEO Consultant for Australia". Search Scope. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  5. ^ "Dorian Menard: SEO Consultant and Founder of Search Scope". Search Scope. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  6. ^ a b Dorian Menard. "Google Business Profile Suspension Statistics: What 300 Australian Cases Tell Us (2026)". Search Scope. 24 November 2025, updated 3 September 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  7. ^ "Franchise SEO for Multi-Location Networks". Search Scope. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  8. ^ Dorian Menard. "Perth AI Search Study 2026". AI SEO Perth. 11 September 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.