r/TechSEO

Community Overview

About r/TechSEO

Welcome to Tech SEO, A SubReddit that is dedicated to the tech nerd side of SEO.

The community at a glance

r/TechSEO is a Subreddit for Marketers and SEO Specialists with roughly 59K members. It uses a forum format for communication.

Roughly 23K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Seo, Google, and Ai. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Advice Requests. Product recommendations often mention seo course, tutorial for implementing schema/structured data, and front end dev course.

On Reddit
59K Members

Subreddit Analysis

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Yearly: +23K members
Growth: +61.9% / year

Member growth over time

All time (yearly)

  • 2021: 6K members
  • 2023: 11K members
  • 2024: 7K members
  • 2025: 10K members
  • 2026: 18K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Oct: 1K members
  • Nov: 1K members
  • Dec: 2K members
  • Jan: 1K members
  • Feb: 2K members
  • Mar: 2K members
  • Apr: 2K members
  • May: 4K members
  • Jun: 2K members
  • Jul: 3K members
  • Aug: 2K members
  • Sep: 527 members

Themes

  • Solution Requests
    5 posts in the past month
    1. Googlebot has not crawled a new URL after 7 days despite sitemap and internal links
    2. Something I don't understand happened to my website, and now it's downو so Please help
    3. How to fix "Google has detected harmful content on some of your site's pages"?
    #1
    Solution Requests
    Googlebot has not crawled a new URL after 7 days despite sitemap and internal links · Something I don't understand happened to my website, and now it's downو so Please help · How to fix "Google has detected harmful content on some of your site's pages"?
    5
  • Advice Requests
    5 posts in the past month
    1. How do you troubleshoot pages Google keeps indexing despite a canonical tag?
    2. I am planning to start marketing! Ideas, suggestions, and advice are welcome.
    3. Seeking honest feedback on a new SEO platform I built. Thanks in advance!
    #2
    Advice Requests
    How do you troubleshoot pages Google keeps indexing despite a canonical tag? · I am planning to start marketing! Ideas, suggestions, and advice are welcome. · Seeking honest feedback on a new SEO platform I built. Thanks in advance!
    5
  • Self-Promotion
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Share what you're working on (including what you're building)
    2. [FOR HIRE] Senior SEO Specialist — Technical SEO, Schema, Content & Local SEO | 15+ Years Experience | Remote | Freelance/Contract Work
    #3
    Self-Promotion
    Share what you're working on (including what you're building) · [FOR HIRE] Senior SEO Specialist — Technical SEO, Schema, Content & Local SEO | 15+ Years Experience | Remote | Freelance/Contract Work
    2
  • Opportunities
    2 posts in the past month
    1. How would you improve the SEO strategy for a B2B SaaS site like Motadata to get product pages ranking for commercial keywords?
    2. Looking for an affiliate SEO / niche site operator for a revenue-share growth partnership
    #4
    Opportunities
    How would you improve the SEO strategy for a B2B SaaS site like Motadata to get product pages ranking for commercial keywords? · Looking for an affiliate SEO / niche site operator for a revenue-share growth partnership
    2
  • Ideas
    1 post in the past month
    1. I’m building a small SEO tool and realized how surprisingly messy basic SEO audits can be...
    #5
    Ideas
    I’m building a small SEO tool and realized how surprisingly messy basic SEO audits can be...
    1

Topics

  • Seo
    24 posts in the past month
    1. Hundreds of findings found in the audit. How to prioritize the technical SEO issues?
    2. Will people still need SEO specialists in the age of AI?
    3. How Is AI Search Changing the Way We Should Approach SEO in 2026?
    #1
    Seo
    Hundreds of findings found in the audit. How to prioritize the technical SEO issues? · Will people still need SEO specialists in the age of AI? · How Is AI Search Changing the Way We Should Approach SEO in 2026?
    24
  • Google
    10 posts in the past month
    1. Google /goto is targeting SERP scrapers. Could a logged-in browser profile be the workaround?
    2. Google overriding self-referencing canonicals on ccTLD setup (.at vs .ch) after platform relaunch
    3. How to fix "Google has detected harmful content on some of your site's pages"?
    #2
    Google
    Google /goto is targeting SERP scrapers. Could a logged-in browser profile be the workaround? · Google overriding self-referencing canonicals on ccTLD setup (.at vs .ch) after platform relaunch · How to fix "Google has detected harmful content on some of your site's pages"?
    10
  • Ai
    9 posts in the past month
    1. Structured data / schema for AI citations: real lever or overrated? What have you actually seen move?
    2. Will people still need SEO specialists in the age of AI?
    3. OpenAI now runs four crawlers and most robots.txt files only know about one
    #3
    Ai
    Structured data / schema for AI citations: real lever or overrated? What have you actually seen move? · Will people still need SEO specialists in the age of AI? · OpenAI now runs four crawlers and most robots.txt files only know about one
    9
  • Indexing
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Could these indexed /goto URLs create any canonical or indexing issues for the actual destination URLs? Or is Google keeping these URLs completely isolated from the normal indexing signals?
    2. New site, made it live on july 17 and registered on gsc on 26th july. Is this typical? New pages are getting indexed in hours but after manually indexing them.
    #4
    Indexing
    Could these indexed /goto URLs create any canonical or indexing issues for the actual destination URLs? Or is Google keeping these URLs completely isolated from the normal indexing signals? · New site, made it live on july 17 and registered on gsc on 26th july. Is this typical? New pages are getting indexed in hours but after manually indexing them.
    4
  • Tool
    3 posts in the past month
    #5
    Tool
    3

Flair

  • Google says:
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Google /goto is targeting SERP scrapers. Could a logged-in browser profile be the workaround?
    2. Gary Illyes from Google reiterated this morning that Googlebot, Google's crawler, does not parse JSON files.
    3. [ Removed by moderator ]
    #1
    Google says:
    Google /goto is targeting SERP scrapers. Could a logged-in browser profile be the workaround? · Gary Illyes from Google reiterated this morning that Googlebot, Google's crawler, does not parse JSON files. · [ Removed by moderator ]
    4
  • AMA:
    1 post in the past month
    1. Most AI crawlers hitting your site cannot be verified, and I have the numbers
    #2
    AMA:
    Most AI crawlers hitting your site cannot be verified, and I have the numbers
    1

Product recommendations

  • seo course
    1 post in the past month
    1. 🏆 Best Elite-Level SEO Course (Looking for the Best SEO Course Money Can Buy)
    #1
    seo course
    🏆 Best Elite-Level SEO Course (Looking for the Best SEO Course Money Can Buy)
    1
  • tutorial for implementing schema/structured data
    1 post in the past month
    1. Can anyone recommend me a good tutorial for implementing schema/structured data for a multilang website using JSON?
    #2
    tutorial for implementing schema/structured data
    Can anyone recommend me a good tutorial for implementing schema/structured data for a multilang website using JSON?
    1
  • front end dev course
    1 post in the past month
    1. Can anyone recommend a front end dev course that's not silly expensive please?
    #3
    front end dev course
    Can anyone recommend a front end dev course that's not silly expensive please?
    1
  • child theme in wordpress
    1 post in the past month
    1. Do you recommend installing a child theme in WordPress? If not, what other alternative you use?
    #4
    child theme in wordpress
    Do you recommend installing a child theme in WordPress? If not, what other alternative you use?
    1
  • books / blogs/ channels for technical seo
    1 post in the past month
    1. Any books / blogs/ channels to recommend for technical SEO alone?
    #5
    books / blogs/ channels for technical seo
    Any books / blogs/ channels to recommend for technical SEO alone?
    1

Frequently asked questions

Who is r/TechSEO for?
Best for Marketers and SEO Specialists enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
Is r/TechSEO free to join?
This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
How many members does r/TechSEO have?
Roughly 59K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is r/TechSEO on?
r/TechSEO runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
What topics does r/TechSEO cover?
On the Hive Index, r/TechSEO is organized under Marketers, SEO Specialists.
How do I join r/TechSEO?
You can join r/TechSEO by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
What are the Marketing communities like?
Marketing is one of the bigger topic areas on the site, with communities covering pretty much every corner of the discipline: SEO, paid, content, social, growth, and everything in between. Most of the action happens across Discord and Slack, with some solid independent forums in the mix too. If you are looking to sharpen your skills, swap tactics, or just talk shop with other marketers, there is a lot to dig into here.