Starting a Reddit Farm
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Ignatius O
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I have tow questions:
1. which email provider are you using in your reddit account creation script.
2. are you using browser emulation or pure http requests for the reddit account creation script.
1. which email provider are you using in your reddit account creation script.
2. are you using browser emulation or pure http requests for the reddit account creation script.
DE_GAME
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OP thanks for the AMA got a couple of questions, hope you don't mind.
1)the bot are using is it a private ,like did you create it yourself or a public bot, can you please tell us how to access or get this bot, hope you don't mind if I PM you on this.
2)if I wanted to run multiple reddit accounts like 10 manually, how do I connect them to proxies ,and can I manage them from one smartphone( is there a tool for doing it on the smartphone)
•Look forward in getting a reply from you
1)the bot are using is it a private ,like did you create it yourself or a public bot, can you please tell us how to access or get this bot, hope you don't mind if I PM you on this.
2)if I wanted to run multiple reddit accounts like 10 manually, how do I connect them to proxies ,and can I manage them from one smartphone( is there a tool for doing it on the smartphone)
•Look forward in getting a reply from you
What are you using to code it ?
I am assuming Python/C# + Selenium as that's what most bots use.. Please tell me if i am wrong..
Also, after you create the accounts.. Do you store the cookies, have an assigned UserAgent per profile..
Generally the filters for bots on most sites i assume is: IP, UserAgent.. maybe referrer for some sites.. Also, heuristics and behavioural analysis is also a decently important thing.
I just have a few classes i create which have random activity in it.. My bots for example would randomly go to few threads/pages.. and would stay for random period of time.. scroll around.. maybe like/upvote a comment and/or post.. That should probably be enough to bluff most heurestics..
Would love to know more about the actual coding bit than just the results as that would help others currently in similar business models and/or planning something like what you are doing with Reddit/Fb/whatever else..
Thanks.
Nice thread.. Keep it up.. Best of luck
I am assuming Python/C# + Selenium as that's what most bots use.. Please tell me if i am wrong..
Also, after you create the accounts.. Do you store the cookies, have an assigned UserAgent per profile..
Generally the filters for bots on most sites i assume is: IP, UserAgent.. maybe referrer for some sites.. Also, heuristics and behavioural analysis is also a decently important thing.
I just have a few classes i create which have random activity in it.. My bots for example would randomly go to few threads/pages.. and would stay for random period of time.. scroll around.. maybe like/upvote a comment and/or post.. That should probably be enough to bluff most heurestics..
Would love to know more about the actual coding bit than just the results as that would help others currently in similar business models and/or planning something like what you are doing with Reddit/Fb/whatever else..
Thanks.
Nice thread.. Keep it up.. Best of luck
Viraj Shah
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- Feb 5, 2019
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I really like your idea and concept. I have few reddit accounts (both old and new). Is there a way I can help the farm to grow or how can the farm benefit me?
SEOMadHatter
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- Aug 15, 2015
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The kicks just keep on coming. One of my account providers comes with a footprint and a bunch got wiped out. Others with the same setup are fine so the pattern was pretty clear there. Again, par for the course but I won't be buying from them again. The account creation works fine but I don't want a high percentage of accounts all brand new.
That said - it really doesn't actually take many upvotes to get the ball rolling in a single sub so after a week or two of warming up I think I will try a sub with entirely new accounts. I'll also be buying more from other providers to replace the ones with a footprint.
Taking a bit of a break today. Might run a small scale test to the scalable content build in a small sub but for the most part I'm going to wait and let the accounts build up a bit.
The TL;DR is I'm trying to learn to use Reddit to drive traffic and generate sales/leads.
I've heard people talk about it but I won't believe it until I see an actual decent case study. To add to that I'm not using entirely unique content which is a part of a different test. If it helps the ranking that's a bonus. But if nothing else the initial Reddit traffic can help offset the cost for the content.
And please no generic 'only unique content ranks' from anyone because I guarantee that isn't true.
Sorry I'm not PMing you it but the account creation is really simple there's probably public stuff around.
So, couple of things. For maybe two years now I've scraped and automated for a living. Both for myself and for clients. Sometimes I'll reverse engineer the site and repeat the calls and sometimes I'll use browser automation - usually not just stock Selenium because sites are getting better at spotting it. Calls are less resource intensive but more open to getting caught if the site changes anything so it really comes down to how much you care about the accounts and how much of a scale you're running it on. Reddit also has a pretty lenient API. Obviously, I don't want to give out exactly what I'm doing in public because I don't want it spotted but the only reason I automate is that it ties into my other projects easily.
You could do the same thing with public tools.
But the automation is not the main thing here. Automating Reddit is simple the twists and learning curve comes from gaining karma, not getting ban hammered and marketing without getting chased out of a sub with pitchforks.
It's a private tool but there are public ones around. Please don't PM for access I don't sell tools or services because I don't have the patience for customer service.
Looping through 10 accounts on your phone is going to be too much of a pain in the ass. Possible? Sure. But so not worth the bother.
If you're interested in getting Reddit traffic 10 accounts is enough to start and you won't really need automation.
That said - it really doesn't actually take many upvotes to get the ball rolling in a single sub so after a week or two of warming up I think I will try a sub with entirely new accounts. I'll also be buying more from other providers to replace the ones with a footprint.
Taking a bit of a break today. Might run a small scale test to the scalable content build in a small sub but for the most part I'm going to wait and let the accounts build up a bit.
The TL;DR is I'm trying to learn to use Reddit to drive traffic and generate sales/leads.
I've heard people talk about it but I won't believe it until I see an actual decent case study. To add to that I'm not using entirely unique content which is a part of a different test. If it helps the ranking that's a bonus. But if nothing else the initial Reddit traffic can help offset the cost for the content.
And please no generic 'only unique content ranks' from anyone because I guarantee that isn't true.
Sorry I'm not PMing you it but the account creation is really simple there's probably public stuff around.
What are you using to code it ?
I am assuming Python/C# + Selenium as that's what most bots use.. Please tell me if i am wrong..
Also, after you create the accounts.. Do you store the cookies, have an assigned UserAgent per profile..
Generally the filters for bots on most sites i assume is: IP, UserAgent.. maybe referrer for some sites.. Also, heuristics and behavioural analysis is also a decently important thing.
I just have a few classes i create which have random activity in it.. My bots for example would randomly go to few threads/pages.. and would stay for random period of time.. scroll around.. maybe like/upvote a comment and/or post.. That should probably be enough to bluff most heurestics..
Would love to know more about the actual coding bit than just the results as that would help others currently in similar business models and/or planning something like what you are doing with Reddit/Fb/whatever else..
Thanks.
Nice thread.. Keep it up.. Best of luck
So, couple of things. For maybe two years now I've scraped and automated for a living. Both for myself and for clients. Sometimes I'll reverse engineer the site and repeat the calls and sometimes I'll use browser automation - usually not just stock Selenium because sites are getting better at spotting it. Calls are less resource intensive but more open to getting caught if the site changes anything so it really comes down to how much you care about the accounts and how much of a scale you're running it on. Reddit also has a pretty lenient API. Obviously, I don't want to give out exactly what I'm doing in public because I don't want it spotted but the only reason I automate is that it ties into my other projects easily.
You could do the same thing with public tools.
But the automation is not the main thing here. Automating Reddit is simple the twists and learning curve comes from gaining karma, not getting ban hammered and marketing without getting chased out of a sub with pitchforks.
It's a private tool but there are public ones around. Please don't PM for access I don't sell tools or services because I don't have the patience for customer service.
Looping through 10 accounts on your phone is going to be too much of a pain in the ass. Possible? Sure. But so not worth the bother.
If you're interested in getting Reddit traffic 10 accounts is enough to start and you won't really need automation.
Jacksupreme2
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- Feb 16, 2019
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Wow... I love this thread
DE_GAME
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Then a PC is the best option I suppose, but how do I handle 10 accounts to have different Ip address or make it look like it operated from different PC since everything is is going to be all manual ,how can I set it up.
Please OP just give me a self explanatory reply even an a complete novice in coding can carry out.
Hope you don't get offended by my question, am knees if I did offend.
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This is one hell of a journey, and the feedback you've been giving others is stellar.
I've been building my own subreddits for well over a year now as a long term strategy. I'm doing this manually though to avoid any potential bans.
I've been building my own subreddits for well over a year now as a long term strategy. I'm doing this manually though to avoid any potential bans.
Ignatius O
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- Jun 27, 2016
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Which other browser emulation do you use apart from selenium.
misterbarth
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U can use Linken Sphere for this check their thread in da market
milluki zolydck
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what a great journey... following this thread... i think reddit is a goldmine of traffic... thank you for this post OP
SEOMadHatter
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- Aug 15, 2015
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Well, some good news this morning.
The test run with the scalable model went well. The system sets everything up I spent maybe 20 seconds checking it over and it got almost 100% upvote ratio with 99% of those being legit upvotes and generated traffic and leads. The conversion rate is low but if I can pull in consistent traffic with minimum effort across multiple niches... I'm alright with that.
I'm working on a few new features just to keep everything a bit more human looking, grow the accounts faster and next up I need to provide some value to the niches outside of my own links. If you constantly post your own links some subs are going to call foul so I want to mix it up a bit. If I can get my head down I should hopefully get this setup today. I'm growing the farm up some more as well preparing to start scaling further into more niches and see how consistent I can get these posts.
Honestly, it's not a complicated process but someone linked a marketplace tool above which will handle it for you.
Sounds like a good idea for sure. Other people provide you with content and you can pin your stuff to the top I'd assume. Not my strategy but I can see the merit to it. Apologies in advance if my farm strays into your sub but to be honest if I can keep it at this rate it's looking pretty white hat.
There's a bunch of different options mine is relatively custom. Sometimes I will just use stock Selenium as well it entirely depends on the project. Again it's really not the focus here - especially with Reddit since they hand you an API anyway.
The only account issues I've seen were from footprints from a provider. The ones I've created myself and bought from other providers have been absolutely fine. I did lose a chunk to what I thought was poor proxies but it's actually looking like that providers footprint was the issue there too.
Reddit has certainly been a good source of traffic and easier than I'd expected. Anyone making quality content might as well make use of it for some easy traffic. The question is going to be can I do it at a decent enough scale to make it worthwhile.
The test run with the scalable model went well. The system sets everything up I spent maybe 20 seconds checking it over and it got almost 100% upvote ratio with 99% of those being legit upvotes and generated traffic and leads. The conversion rate is low but if I can pull in consistent traffic with minimum effort across multiple niches... I'm alright with that.
I'm working on a few new features just to keep everything a bit more human looking, grow the accounts faster and next up I need to provide some value to the niches outside of my own links. If you constantly post your own links some subs are going to call foul so I want to mix it up a bit. If I can get my head down I should hopefully get this setup today. I'm growing the farm up some more as well preparing to start scaling further into more niches and see how consistent I can get these posts.
Honestly, it's not a complicated process but someone linked a marketplace tool above which will handle it for you.
Sounds like a good idea for sure. Other people provide you with content and you can pin your stuff to the top I'd assume. Not my strategy but I can see the merit to it. Apologies in advance if my farm strays into your sub but to be honest if I can keep it at this rate it's looking pretty white hat.
There's a bunch of different options mine is relatively custom. Sometimes I will just use stock Selenium as well it entirely depends on the project. Again it's really not the focus here - especially with Reddit since they hand you an API anyway.
The only account issues I've seen were from footprints from a provider. The ones I've created myself and bought from other providers have been absolutely fine. I did lose a chunk to what I thought was poor proxies but it's actually looking like that providers footprint was the issue there too.
Reddit has certainly been a good source of traffic and easier than I'd expected. Anyone making quality content might as well make use of it for some easy traffic. The question is going to be can I do it at a decent enough scale to make it worthwhile.
SEOMadHatter
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Looks like one of the links I put up got shared to Facebook a bunch and brought in some traffic. Wasn't me that posted it but it does occur to me the content I'd post to Reddit would work just the same way in Facebook groups. Been a long while since I've worked with that but something to look at in the near future.
A test I ran last night had some interesting results to show. In less moderated subs at least (this might change as we get more competitive) you don't need 10-year-old aged accounts. Brand new accounts work just fine if you're giving them something they want. I threw a little less weight behind it and it didn't pick up the same traction but the response was still 99% positive and it brought in traffic. With Reddit, there will be a variance with the content which makes testing a little tougher to see exactly what is working so it's about keeping an eye on what's working consistently.
Starting to look at ways to scale this better. I don't want to commit to spending a lot of time or money on unique content until I see some results from the SEO tests I've got going so I'm starting to look at something a bit more short term. My main bottleneck at the moment is the warming up of accounts though. The accounts need to build up a bit before I can start using them to rank some links and test out new ideas.
A test I ran last night had some interesting results to show. In less moderated subs at least (this might change as we get more competitive) you don't need 10-year-old aged accounts. Brand new accounts work just fine if you're giving them something they want. I threw a little less weight behind it and it didn't pick up the same traction but the response was still 99% positive and it brought in traffic. With Reddit, there will be a variance with the content which makes testing a little tougher to see exactly what is working so it's about keeping an eye on what's working consistently.
Starting to look at ways to scale this better. I don't want to commit to spending a lot of time or money on unique content until I see some results from the SEO tests I've got going so I'm starting to look at something a bit more short term. My main bottleneck at the moment is the warming up of accounts though. The accounts need to build up a bit before I can start using them to rank some links and test out new ideas.
brokebillioner
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goodluck
SEOMadHatter
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It's kind of fun working on a project with such immediate results. Even my faster ones are usually a few days wait but Reddit is pretty much daily.
First of all the farm changes are doing well. More human behavior, better karma farming possibility and removed a huge chunk of the bottleneck at the same time. We grew by about 20,000 karma while I was catching some sleep.
I also ranked in two of the biggest subs I've ever tried so far. Ranking works but then came today's content tests.
The first sub we ranked #1. Again, a slight push from the farm just to get it started and then it was 99% upvoted with 99% of those upvotes being legit. Hundreds of upvotes and a bunch of comments discussing the content. Then a mod takes exception to the one affiliate link in the 2,000~ words and boots it off. No mention of the much more aggressive ads running on the same domain. They took exception to an affiliate link being in the text - despite the fact the sub clearly liked the content.
Another sub in the same niche was fine with the same content on a different domain. Sat at the top for 24 hours with the same kind of legit feedback from the users. Irritating but there we are. The stupid thing is the ads were the ones I was worried about. They were far more aggressive and more likely to annoy actual users than the one affiliate link. But hey. Whatever. Guess I'll swap to just banners in that niche.
The second test got shot down fast. Different sub with a new content mode. Way too thin they called it out fast for just shilling an affiliate link. My knee jerk reaction was that it would have been fine with longer content but now I'm wondering if I was just running banners or an opt-in would they have said anything. There's only one way to find out.
First of all the farm changes are doing well. More human behavior, better karma farming possibility and removed a huge chunk of the bottleneck at the same time. We grew by about 20,000 karma while I was catching some sleep.
I also ranked in two of the biggest subs I've ever tried so far. Ranking works but then came today's content tests.
The first sub we ranked #1. Again, a slight push from the farm just to get it started and then it was 99% upvoted with 99% of those upvotes being legit. Hundreds of upvotes and a bunch of comments discussing the content. Then a mod takes exception to the one affiliate link in the 2,000~ words and boots it off. No mention of the much more aggressive ads running on the same domain. They took exception to an affiliate link being in the text - despite the fact the sub clearly liked the content.
Another sub in the same niche was fine with the same content on a different domain. Sat at the top for 24 hours with the same kind of legit feedback from the users. Irritating but there we are. The stupid thing is the ads were the ones I was worried about. They were far more aggressive and more likely to annoy actual users than the one affiliate link. But hey. Whatever. Guess I'll swap to just banners in that niche.
The second test got shot down fast. Different sub with a new content mode. Way too thin they called it out fast for just shilling an affiliate link. My knee jerk reaction was that it would have been fine with longer content but now I'm wondering if I was just running banners or an opt-in would they have said anything. There's only one way to find out.
webmasterbd
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Will be keeping a close eye on this thread. I have started a food related blog recently & will be using your working techniques on reddit to get some traffic.
Hope you share some gold nuggets soon.
Hope you share some gold nuggets soon.