Can I promote my own SEO tool or blog here?
Yes, but you must label it with the self promotion flair and avoid spamming your links in the comments.
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r/searchengines rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/searchengines: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 8,633
- Verified
- September 26, 2026
- Category
- SEO operators, founders, and search marketers
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Please label self promotion as such using flair.: Unlabelled self promotion
- No duplicate posts.: duplicate
- Don’t spam self‑promo sites.: Do not spam self‑promotional sites in the comments in a short time.
- Creative Commons license for text contributions: By posting or commenting, you agree to release your text-based contributions (excluding quotes) under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license, or more permissive terms of your choice, which you can add as a note in your contribution. This means anyone can reuse your text contributions if they attribute you by linking to your text post or comment. This applies to contributions starting on May 2nd, 2026.
- English Only: It makes it much easier to understand a post when it's all in one language. Since English is the primary that will be the only one you should post in.
Works well
- A question about how a search engine feature works, with no link at all
- A short writeup of an SEO experiment you ran, with your site labelled using the self promotion flair
- A plain explanation of a ranking change you noticed, inviting others to compare notes
- A tool launch posted once, clearly flaired as self promotion, written in English
- A helpful comment answering someone's SEO question in detail, with no link unless it is genuinely needed
Avoid
- Posting self promotion without the flair, which gets removed as unlabelled self promotion
- Posting the same content twice, which breaks the duplicate posts rule
- Dropping your site link in many comments in a short window, which reads as spam
- Writing a post in another language, which gets removed under the English only rule
- Treating the comment section as a place to drop links instead of answer questions
What r/searchengines Is For
This community is for anything related to search engines and SEO. The description says you can discuss, ask questions, or literally anything else on the topic. That makes it a wide room. People here talk about how search works, ask for help with rankings, and share things they have built or learned about search. If your product or content has anything to do with search engines, SEO, or how people find things online, this is the right kind of place for it.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Four rules decide whether a marketing post survives here. The first is “Please label self promotion as such using flair.”, which means any post about your own product, site, or content needs the self promotion flair before you hit submit. The second is “No duplicate posts.”, so you get one shot per piece of content. The third is “Don’t spam self‑promo sites.”, which targets people who drop their own links into comments over and over in a short time. The fourth is “English Only”, so write everything in English. There is also a “Creative Commons license for text contributions” rule that does not get posts removed but changes what happens to your words once you post them.
What To Post
A good post here starts with a real search or SEO topic. Ask a specific question about how search engines behave, share a lesson from your own SEO work, or explain something you noticed about rankings. If the post involves your own product, site, or blog, label it with the self promotion flair first, every time. Write the post so it would still be worth reading if the reader never clicked your link. That is the honest test. One post per piece of content, all in English, and no pile of your own links in the comments.
What To Avoid
The fastest way to get removed is posting self promotion without the flair. The rule name says it plainly, unlabelled self promotion gets taken down. The second trap is reposting. If your post did not take off, do not submit the same thing again, because duplicates get removed. The third trap is comment spam. Dropping your own site into many comments in a short time is exactly what the spam rule targets. The last trap is language. Posts not written in English get removed, so keep everything in English even if it is not your first language.
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Common questions about r/searchengines
Can I share a case study that links to my own site?
Yes, as long as it is labelled with the self promotion flair and you do not spam self promotional sites in the comments.
Is AI generated content allowed?
The rules do not mention AI content either way, so there is no stated policy to rely on.
Can I post in another language?
No. The rule says all posts should be in English so everyone can understand them.
Can I repost my link if it did not get attention the first time?
No. Duplicate posts are removed, so post it once and let it live.
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