Publish Where AI Already Reads: LinkedIn, Medium, Reddit and the Rules That Keep You Out of Trouble

Your brand-new blog has a domain rating of "who?"

Medium has 94. LinkedIn shows up in hundreds of thousands of AI answers. Reddit is everywhere.

So why only fight them? Kasra Dash (Oct 30, 2026) says: publish real, useful articles on them too. He calls it "parasite SEO." Gross name. Smart move. As long as you don't act like an actual parasite.

Quick words (one line each):

• Parasite SEO: publishing your content on a big, trusted website so it ranks faster than your own site would.

• Domain rating (DR): a 0-100 score from Ahrefs for how strong a site's links are.

• AI answer / citation: when ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI names or links a page as its source.

• Site reputation abuse: Google's policy against thin pages piggybacking on big sites.

• DOI: a permanent ID number for a research paper.

Why the big platforms win

Ahrefs numbers Kasra Dash showed (Oct 30, 2026):

1. Facebook gets about 1.9 billion Google visits a month, up 765 million in 2 years.

2. Instagram is up 360 million.

3. Reddit is up 225 million.

Google keeps sending more people to these sites. Be there.

The 7 places, and how to do each one right

1. Instagram and Facebook (business profiles).

1. Since July 2025, public posts from business and creator accounts can show in Google, and Meta uses AI to write the titles they get in search (Kasra Dash).

2. Make the business and the founder proper public profiles.

3. Write posts that say what you do and where.

2. LinkedIn articles. Ahrefs shows LinkedIn articles (Pulse) in nearly 700,000 AI answers. The pages Kasra showed ranking had:

1. The year and "based on live testing" in the title.

2. A table of contents and a quick comparison at the top.

3. A "how I tested" section.

4. The same 3 parts for every item: key features, plans and pricing, why you'd choose it.

5. LinkedIn's own SEO title and SEO description fields filled in.

He's noticed hashtags can end up in the article's link, so keep them out of the title.

3. X articles. Google indexes them, but you need X Premium to post. Same rules: a proper title, headings, a real answer.

4. Medium. No setup, domain rating 94, about 18 million Google visits a month, and over 2 million AI answers cite it (Ahrefs, as Kasra showed). His example was a hosting company ranking itself #1 in its own Medium list. Even Kasra says not to copy that exactly. We say: don't.

5. Zenodo. A free research store run with CERN. Every upload gets a DOI, and ChatGPT cites it over 1,000 times (Ahrefs). Spammers abused it, so new unverified accounts now get pushed down. Only upload real research with your own data. No sales pages.

6. Gamma and other PDF/slide sites. Public Gamma docs went from almost nothing to about 300,000 Google visits a month in 2 years. They win when people actually want a guide. A teacher's guide ranks #1. A coupon-code page is his "bad" example.

7. Reddit. Mention the brand, don't link it.

1. Reddit can ban a domain across the whole site, and since July it uses AI to catch brands seeding chatbots (as Kasra reports).

2. Reddit's own guide, as he quotes it: "It's fine to be a Redditor with a website, it's not fine to be a website with a Reddit account."

3. The good example answers the question and names the brand, with no link.

Bonus: Ghost. Kasra showed a "14 alternatives" list on a personal Ghost blog, with the same 3 sections for every tool (best for, pricing, how it compares). The author's own company's tool was #1. He leaves it to you whether that's self-promotion. Our call: if you write a list, make it honest, and don't crown yourself.

The rule that keeps you safe

Google's site reputation abuse policy devalues thin pages on borrowed sites (Kasra Dash). The platforms are cleaning house too: Reddit's AI checks, Zenodo pushing down new accounts.

So the whole game is:

1. Real data.

2. Real opinions.

3. Only what's true.

Step-by-step: your first platform article

1. Pick one question your buyers ask AI.

2. Ask ChatGPT and Google AI Mode, and write down the smaller searches and sources they show (that's "query fan-out," see the related post below).

3. Turn one of them into a LinkedIn article with the year in the title and a "how we tested" section.

4. Fill in LinkedIn's SEO title and SEO description fields.

5. Post a shorter version on Medium. Link back to your site once.

6. Answer one real Reddit question in your field. Name the brand. No link.

Do this today

1. Turn your Instagram and Facebook into public business profiles.

2. Write one LinkedIn article from something you actually tested.

3. Fill in its SEO title and description.

4. Answer one Reddit question with no link.

5. Never rank yourself #1 in your own list.

Related reading

• Use YouTube to show up in AI answers

• Guest posts that tell AI who you are

• Query fan-out: why ranking #1 isn't enough

Sources

• Kasra Dash - The SEO Loophole Nobody Is Talking About (2026-10-30)

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