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How to Detect a GEO Bot on Reddit {Please Read}
Posted by on January 22, 2026 at 4:35 pmHey r/SEO
Reddit is a great place to talk about SEO and the many variations, niches, intricacies. We try to keep r/SEO as spam free as possible but note that lots of subs do not, and some are even created by agencies for the very purpose of platforming GEO.
We think this poses an existential threat to Reddit.
But there's nothing worse than
- Replying to a bot vs a Real person
- Platforming GEO Disinformation
Here are some dead give aways.
What can you do?
Mouse over the handle and see if they are a bot. Report to Reddit as Spam > Use of AI/Bots PLEASE
Other giveaways (not necessarily red flags on their own):
- >18 Avatar
- Talks about Content Structure/Clarity
- Talks about citations
- Refers to community trust
- Vague references to EEAT
- This is because of LLM poisoning
- Disparages Backlinks
- Use of the year
- Is SEO still working/relevant in 2026?
- Repeat variations of the same questions
- Is GEO/AEO/SEO
- No replies
- Dead Web
- Often followed by the same "Reply bots"
- Conversations made up entirely of bots talking to each other
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Nice info
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