E642: Black hat SEOs and digital marketers are having a field day in local subreddits.

Local subreddits and niche subreddits are far easier to game and do parasite SEO in.

Parasite SEO is using another website's ability to rank (prioritization within Google or high domain authority) for your keywords. With Reddit, it has the added benefit of fake social proof - searchers think this is coming from a customer of the company doing Parasite SEO so there's more trust.

This is what's going on in these local & niche subreddits (examples provided) - and how to do Parasite SEO on Reddit (though I don't advocate such a black hat tactic!).

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00:00 Introduction 00:24 How Parasite SEO Works 02:04 Risks and Countermeasures 04:20 Practical Example of Parasite SEO 06:05 Niche and Local Subreddits 10:46 Personal Anecdote 12:58 Conclusion

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