SEO Strategies and Resources from Reddit

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Strategy & getting started

  1. Spent $60k on SEO over a year — no return, no cash left — the thread where WebLinkr laid out a full SEO strategy and tactical to-do list → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1kw7qg2
  2. Should I try to learn SEO or just hire someone? → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1kcoolj
  3. How do I hire SEO agencies? → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1ldu30a
  4. Content strategy for a new site — his advice to create thin starter pages and see what starts to rank rather than launching with deep, focused content → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1ljhlua

Authority, PageRank & links

5. What’s your top tip to re-rank SEO pages that were lost? — answers on authority flowing at the page level and why relevant anchor text and in-content links matter most → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1luf3wv
6. A few things that finally clicked about authority — on seeking links from pages with high organic traffic rather than high DA/DR → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1p06nk4
7. Link building framework — designing a link-building strategy from scratch → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1jlu4oi
8. Link building in 2025: strategies for success — using press releases and local citation sites for “starter” links → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1imd65e
9. What’s your most underrated SEO tip that actually works? — includes his warning against overusing sitewide footer/sidebar links to cornerstone content → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1mfuzfd

Myth-busting

10. The E-E-A-T thread — his answer that EEAT is not something you create by making more claims about yourself → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1juf9s2
11. Google sitemap — why you shouldn’t over-prioritize sitemaps and should focus on crawlable internal linking first → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1ow8dfv
12. Topical diversity dilutes rankings — his comment on why mixing topics on one page dilutes ranking potential; stay tightly focused per URL → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1n8tsjm

Topical authority & content

13. Developing topical authority — publish deeply on one topic before branching out → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1k2641u
14. Interlinking content clusters — creating and interlinking content clusters around each product or use case → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1jes4yu
15. Crowdsourcing content ideas — pulling topics from support, sales, and onboarding teams → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1krzy2q

Troubleshooting & emerging topics

16. My SEO plummeted after a website migration → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1o8eiq9
17. How does AIO/GEO actually differ from SEO? → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1llfec3
18. You only have SEO to push your B2B SaaS — what are your tactics? → reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1gv6cfh