r/SEMrush rules, stats, and what to post

This is the official Semrush subreddit. The description says it is a place for digital marketers and SEO enthusiasts to chat about online visibility, keyword research, competitive analysis and more, and to pick up expert tips on the latest trends. The rules add that the community strives for serious and high quality answers, and that it is a place for discussions and questions related to SEMrush. So the people posting here are marketers, SEO practitioners and business owners who work with search visibility and often with the Semrush tool itself. The description also says you can tag the mods to get answers from the Semrush team, which makes this a rare spot where the tool makers themselves answer questions.

The rule that decides most marketing posts here is “Self-Promotion”, which says there is to be no promoting of yourself or your services, and it points advertisers to redditinc.com/advertising instead. “Link Submission” is the exception path, because you can link your own content if it contains useful information, is not promotional or full of ads, and comes with commentary about what you found useful or how it applies to the subreddit. “Low quality posts or comments” removes anything that contributes nothing or reads as blog spam and is unlikely to help the average professional. “Spam” asks members to downvote and report spam and warns that repeat abusers will be banned. “Asking Questions” matters too, because it asks you to be as specific as possible and to upvote or thank people who help you.

The safest and best post here is a specific question about search visibility, keyword research or competitive analysis, ideally grounded in something you are actually working on. The rules say open questions are hard to answer, so name your exact situation, your exact problem and what you have already tried. If you want to share a link, including your own content, the rules allow it only if the content holds genuinely useful information, is not promotional or full of ads, and comes with commentary from you about what you found useful or how it applies to the community. A good shape is a short write up of a real experiment or lesson from your own SEO work, posted as text with the takeaway in the post itself, and questions in the comments answered honestly. If someone helps you, thank them or upvote them, because the rules encourage that to keep participation healthy.

Do not promote yourself or your services, because that rule has no soft version here. Do not drop a bare link to your blog or product page, because links without useful information and real commentary get treated as spam. Do not post low effort content that would not help the average professional, because the rules call that blog spam and remove it. Do not go off topic away from SEMrush and search marketing. Do not post vague open questions, because the rules say specific questions get better replies. And do not delete your question after it has been answered, because the rules explicitly ask you to leave it up so it can help others later.

This is one of the few subreddits I have read where the rules tell you not to delete your question even after it gets answered, because the answer might help the next person. That tells you the room is built for lasting reference, not for drive by posting. The self promotion ban is absolute and there is even a paid advertising route mentioned for people who want reach, which I respect. If you show up here, show up to talk shop about search, not to pitch.