How to market on r/bigseo
Can you promote on r/bigseo?
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. What the rules say:
“Offers of services (sale or free), for hire posts, link-exchange or guest posting is not permitted. Affiliate links are not allowed. No prospecting for work of any kind. No "free tools" or beta tests. We don't care about your ProductHunt…”
Rule 5: Sales, self-promotion, link-exchange, guest-posting offers, affiliate links
The rules
As the moderators wrote them, shortened where they run long.
- Beginner contentContent that is unlikely to be useful to the experienced SEO professional. Homework and "help me with my interview" is included in this.
- Low quality post or commentPost contributes nothing of value and/or is blog spam that is UNLIKELY to help the average SEO professional.
- This is not a news subreddit.Do not copy and paste from blogs or news sites. This isn't a news subreddit. Mods may make exceptions around core updates and similar, but may also remove news links at their discretion.
- Not about SEOPost is not topical to SEO.
- Sales, self-promotion, link-exchange, guest-posting offers, affiliate linksOffers of services (sale or free), for hire posts, link-exchange or guest posting is not permitted. Affiliate links are not allowed. No prospecting for work of any kind. No "free tools" or beta tests. We don't care…
- Clickbait
- No Jerks. Don't be sexist, ageist, racist. We are an inclusive community.
- Headline/Link Only PostPosts that are a link or headline only are subject to removal. Put some effort into it, please.
- Multiple posts in a dayAutomod will remove posts if a user is posting multiple times in a day.
- No link shortenersAutomod will slay you.
Full text on Reddit: r/bigseo rules.
What people asked this week
17 of the 37 posts on r/bigseo in the last 7 days asked a question or for a recommendation. Here are 12, starting with people asking for a tool, a service or someone to hire.
- How do you automate keyword research, competitor analysis, and SEO audits for 1,000+ URLs? Which tools or workflows work best?r/bigseo · 24 Oct
- Has anyone measured how often their business appears in ChatGPT recommendations?r/bigseo · 24 Oct
- Is Google’s AI Search reducing organic traffic, even when impressions increase?r/bigseo · 23 Oct
- How Do Hackers Use Hacked Websites to Generate Thousands of Clicks for Certain Keywords?r/bigseo · 23 Oct
- Would having a lot of non-indexed pages affected a site's overall search rankings?r/bigseo · 22 Oct
- What do people in SEO want to learn these days?r/bigseo · 21 Oct
- Why is Google adding more links to AI Overviews? My read on the Oct 15 updater/bigseo · 18 Oct
- Client asked "why aren't we on page one yet?" on day 23. How do you handle this?r/bigseo · 24 Oct
- seo advice for new websites?r/bigseo · 23 Oct
- New website with 12 pages stuck on "Crawled - currently not indexed". What actually moves them?r/bigseo · 23 Oct
- Proven GEO tactics apart from normal SEO? What are they? Genuine question.r/bigseo · 21 Oct
- Google indexed my pages, then dropped almost all of them. What am I missing?r/bigseo · 20 Oct
How to show up here without getting banned
- Don't post about your product. Answer questions in the comments with real expertise instead. People who find your answers useful check your profile, so say what you do there.
- Be careful with links. The rules are specific: “Affiliate links are not allowed.”
- Don't post idea checks. They're not allowed: “No "free tools" or beta tests.”
- Read the sidebar and pinned posts. Moderators often add rules there, and rules change. Check r/bigseo's before your first post.
More on how this works across Reddit: Reddit's self-promotion rules, explained and the full Reddit marketing playbook.
Related communities
- How to market on r/PPC: paid-ads specialists working on Google, Meta and Microsoft ads.
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- How to market on r/SocialMediaMarketing: social media marketers swapping tactics and tools.
- How to market on r/content_marketing: content marketers trading feedback, advice and resources.
- How to market on r/copywriting: copywriters sharpening their craft and looking for work.
Questions
Can I post my startup on r/bigseo?+
No. The rules ban self-promotion, and posts that sell get removed. Rule 5 says: “Offers of services (sale or free), for hire posts, link-exchange or guest posting is not permitted. Affiliate links are not allowed. No prospecting for work of…” Answer questions in the comments instead, and let people find your product from your profile.
How active is r/bigseo?+
r/bigseo has about 115k members and averaged 6.7 new posts a day over the last four weeks. Of its latest 37 posts, 17 asked a question or for a recommendation.
Does r/bigseo allow links?+
With conditions. Rule 5 says: “Affiliate links are not allowed.”
What do people ask about on r/bigseo?+
Recent examples: “How do you automate keyword research, competitor analysis, and SEO audits for 1,000+…”, “Has anyone measured how often their business appears in ChatGPT recommendations?” and “Is Google’s AI Search reducing organic traffic, even when impressions increase?”. The full list of this week's questions is on this page and refreshes daily.