Using Yahoo Answers for traffic?

[benintheworld]

Hi,

Yesterday I answered some questions on Yahoo Answers and left a link. Does anyone use this way to get traffic for adsense?

Would it be ok for me to do that if I had adsense?

Ben.

[alcymart]

Originally Posted by benintheworld

Hi,

Yesterday I answered some questions on Yahoo Answers and left a link. Does anyone use this way to get traffic for adsense?

Would it be ok for me to do that if I had adsense?

Ben.

I don't see why you couldn't do both, however the relationship is minimal at best. Yahoo answers delivers little, however it's very targetted traffic. They most often look into your offer only.

Adsense is more of a numbers game where any kind of traffic is welcome...

Unless of course you have some "Eureka" idea in mind...

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

[benintheworld]

Originally Posted by alcymart

I don't see why you couldn't do both, however the relationship is minimal at best. Yahoo answers delivers little, however it's very targetted traffic. They most often look into your offer only.

Adsense is more of a numbers game where any kind of traffic is welcome...

Unless of course you have some "Eureka" idea in mind...

Take care,

Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

Nothing really, just my numbers jumped in analytics as I had been on yahoo
answers!

Thanks

[cagliostro]

Yahoo answers never worked for me. Travel niche.

[Summer1]

My experience on using Yahoo Answer:

Posting too much links will cause your account reported as spam abuse.

Not posting too much links will also cause a ban.

Yahoo Answer sux

[jhonsean]

I've been using yahoo answer and also I'll put a link through my site, I think It is used for targeting traffic.

[indihow]

Depends on what sort of keywords you are targeting for your ads.

Most probably, the ads are going to be relevant to what the Answers page was about, so you should answer questions related to your site for best results.

Those people would be more likely to click, since they are in search of related info anyway.

[benintheworld]

Originally Posted by indihow

Depends on what sort of keywords you are targeting for your ads.

Most probably, the ads are going to be relevant to what the Answers page was about, so you should answer questions related to your site for best results.

Those people would be more likely to click, since they are in search of related info anyway.

Can you use anchor text in Yahoo Answers?

[scott g]

I've have some great luck with Yahoo! Answers. I was part of that community before I ever got involved in IM/SEO/SEM.

You have to be a lvl 2 or higher to post LIVE links.

My Yahoo! Answers traffic for ONE site is a little less than Search Engine traffic... Which is pretty d@mn impressive!

What I like to do is set up Google Alerts for the keywords I am targeting/trying to rank for. Say I set up an alert for "Fly Fishing" "Fishing Rods" "Fishing Vacations" whatever... I get my daily alert and one of them is from Yahoo! Answers: "Should I use a Regular Fishing Pole or a Fly Fishing Pole?"

Go answer the question with a REALLY good answer (if the Asker doesn't vote me #1 then I'll revisit the question and vote my answer as best). I have a 90% chance of being awarded BEST ANSWER! So when people search that same question and see you have the best answer... They've got a pretty good chance at visiting your site.

Oh yeah... I was using fishing pole stuff as an example if you have a site about fishing or something related.

You may not get a TON of Yahoo! Answers traffic, but it's highly targeted traffic!

CHEERS!

[joesmith1608]

yes,yahoo answers is a good way to increase traffic of a site.

[arcadiasmith]

Yahoo Answers is available in almost any country in the whole word. Once somebody is posting a question in a particular country or location, can get answers coming also from that country that posted only in their home page and not available in other countries.

There are a couple of ways in which you can get targeted traffic from Yahoo Answers and almost all of these are highly targeted customers. The first thing to do is set up an account with Yahoo, and better still use you main keyword as your user name so you can have more a better advantage.

When you are already on Yahoo Answers, you can answer questions posted and a better idea is to answer simple questions because your initial goal is to get points. Answering the easy questions can build your reputation by getting the points and increase your level.

[freeair]

it works for me when it comes to traffic, but for the ROI i don't think yahoo answers is effective ... that is not the right place to market the site

[JasonWright]

Yahoo answers is a great way to get traffic, at times some yahoo questions are ranked high in the search engines.

[benintheworld]

Thanks to all, I would like to hear from people who have used Yahoo Answers and see an increase in Adsense?

[benintheworld]

Bumped!! Please reply!!

[ArgusTargus]

Originally Posted by Summer1

My experience on using Yahoo Answer:

Posting too much links will cause your account reported as spam abuse.

Not posting too much links will also cause a ban.

Yahoo Answer sux

Yahoo Answer is great for those people looking for some advice. It's just not a great tool for us to get backlinks. That's all.

If you are genuine in your efforts, then there is nothing wrong with dropping links.

[scott g]

Originally Posted by ArgusTargus

Yahoo Answer is great for those people looking for some advice. It's just not a great tool for us to get backlinks. That's all.

If you are genuine in your efforts, then there is nothing wrong with dropping links.

Spamming is out of the question. If I see a Answer I won't hesitate to report it. That sh*t ruins Yahoo! Answers... Just like queers coming in here and spamming posts to get their sig seen or their affiliate link (which is against TOS)!

You can actually get a nice number of backlinks from Yahoo! Answers - And they look even better to Google b/c they take out all the filler crap (dots hyphens slashes). Yes, Google counts NOFOLLOW backlinks... Nothing new here.

CHEERS!

[TZ]

Originally Posted by alcymart

Adsense is more of a numbers game...


Bernard St-Pierre
Marketing Consultant
Copywriter/Teacher

Never were truer words spoken. It's a number game for sure. Sometimes it amazes me how a site can get 800 unique hits in one day and only make $14.34

But overall it's worth being patient and plugging away at it.

[TZ]

Originally Posted by scott g

Spamming is out of the question. If I see a Answer I won't hesitate to report it. That sh*t ruins Yahoo! Answers... Just like queers coming in here and spamming posts to get their sig seen or their affiliate link (which is against TOS)!

You can actually get a nice number of backlinks from Yahoo! Answers - And they look even better to Google b/c they take out all the filler crap (dots hyphens slashes). Yes, Google counts NOFOLLOW backlinks... Nothing new here.

CHEERS!

The webmasters that exploit Yahoo! answers are plentiful, and some of them really do it well, but like anything it takes allot of work, and no guarantee they will stick.

It's traffic only though. Google does not count these links for authority.

Sorry Scott G. It's just not so. Indexing and spidering yes. Authority no.

Oh yeah...and you are right. The answers HAVE to be very good.

[benintheworld]

Thanks guys, I enjoy learning from you all!

[scott g]

Originally Posted by TZ

The webmasters that exploit Yahoo! answers are plentiful, and some of them really do it well, but like anything it takes allot of work, and no guarantee they will stick.

It's traffic only though. Google does not count these links for authority.

Sorry Scott G. It's just not so. Indexing and spidering yes. Authority no.

Oh yeah...and you are right. The answers HAVE to be very good.

WRONG! Thanks for playing though I'm joking.

NoFollow links are counted for more than just indexing and spidering! Wait.. What else is a backlink to count for besides indexing and spidering? Given indexing=ranking.

[KristofferIM]

If your number improved, you are doing it right

Originally Posted by benintheworld

Nothing really, just my numbers jumped in analytics as I had been on yahoo
answers!

Thanks

[designerjack]

To Gain Traffic = Yes.
Link Juice / Rankings = Not Really.

I can count roughly 6.5% of my traffic source comes from Yahoo Answers (also depending on the niche) but keep in mind, you have to really, i mean really ANSWER questions, without being too blatant of putting your link out there. I see people getting banned all day long because they blatantly spam their link in their answer.

Just be wise and intelligent in how you use the link exposure.

[indihow]

Originally Posted by benintheworld

Can you use anchor text in Yahoo Answers?

Yes you can. But after you reach level 2.

[DeanJames]

@benintheworld - Using Yahoo Answers is a legitimate traffic strategy ( I know a guy that quit his job and went full time in IM thanks to it ) but don't solely rely on it for traffic for reasons already outlined in this thread. Go for the "ice cream" approach. Some of it is good for you but too much may give you a bad stomach.

[iAmNameLess]

Why are you guys so worried about rank? Everything you should do is to get more traffic. More traffic is more sales. People are ranked a lot higher than me but I still have better traffic. A guy I know spends about a grand a month in adwords, and I have 4X the traffic he has.

Point is, worry about getting people to your site. Ranking will come with time, but get some traffic!

[Roberto L]

Will we get bad results if we create a yahoo question related with our site then answer it with another account (maybe by different IP address or guest name)

Is that the right way that you guys doing traffic linking?

[benintheworld]

Originally Posted by scott g

WRONG! Thanks for playing though I'm joking.

NoFollow links are counted for more than just indexing and spidering! Wait.. What else is a backlink to count for besides indexing and spidering? Given indexing=ranking.

Scott G,

I have been taught that nofollow links are counted and agree with you.!!

[benintheworld]

Thanks to all again! Please write more, I am loving it!

[uProSoft]

Originally Posted by benintheworld

Hi,

Yesterday I answered some questions on Yahoo Answers and left a link. Does anyone use this way to get traffic for adsense?

Would it be ok for me to do that if I had adsense?

Ben.

Well getting traffic from yahoo answers is kind of a little of a hustle though not that much. I was also doing some experiment looking for real buyers, then i came up with this thread.

"where do i buy" + product e.g acai berry site:answers.yahoo.com

what this will do is give you question by people who are looking for places to buy acai berry or whatever product you have. So for example if you can affiliate with acai berry and create a simple squeeze page and sell the product by placing a link on yahoo answers. well it does work as i have had subscribers and buyers without a doubt.

i hope this helps somebody.

[12Magazine]

time waisting proses

[nickgomes112]

It works for me when it comes to traffic, but the return on investment, I do not think Yahoo Answers is effective ... this is not the place to market the site

[alysemackie]

Yahoo answers is a good source of backlink too, just make sure that your answer is nice and choose a related category.

[benintheworld]

Thanks to all!

[rsstore10]

Originally Posted by scott g

I've have some great luck with Yahoo! Answers. I was part of that community before I ever got involved in IM/SEO/SEM.

You have to be a lvl 2 or higher to post LIVE links.

My Yahoo! Answers traffic for ONE site is a little less than Search Engine traffic... Which is pretty d@mn impressive!

What I like to do is set up Google Alerts for the keywords I am targeting/trying to rank for. Say I set up an alert for "Fly Fishing" "Fishing Rods" "Fishing Vacations" whatever... I get my daily alert and one of them is from Yahoo! Answers: "Should I use a Regular Fishing Pole or a Fly Fishing Pole?"

Go answer the question with a REALLY good answer (if the Asker doesn't vote me #1 then I'll revisit the question and vote my answer as best). I have a 90% chance of being awarded BEST ANSWER! So when people search that same question and see you have the best answer... They've got a pretty good chance at visiting your site.

Oh yeah... I was using fishing pole stuff as an example if you have a site about fishing or something related.

You may not get a TON of Yahoo! Answers traffic, but it's highly targeted traffic!

CHEERS!

Hi There,
Thanks for it. I am using yahoo answer to get some traffic but could not success. You posted here some interesting tips that I could not think about it before. I will sure try it.

[scott g]

Originally Posted by indihow

Yes you can. But after you reach level 2.

You cannot post Anchor Text links in Yahoo! Answers... Ever! You can only post URLs which automatically turn into hyperlinks when the answer is poste... And yes you have to be at least LVL 2 to post live links... Kind of like Warrior Forum

If you need proof of this I just tested a post on Yahoo! Answers to make sure I wasn't mistaken, so I'll gladly share the link!

CHEERS!

[John Alves]

Yahoo! answers is a decent traffic source. However, don't abuse it by using links all the time. They ban your account.

[benintheworld]

Hey all,

I have just had my account banned but I answered all questions well!

I try not to spam at all!

[JHC81]

Depends on what niche you're in, but yahoo answers will not get you a lot of traffic but it still works.

[muftdagyan]

Originally Posted by benintheworld

Can you use anchor text in Yahoo Answers?

No anchor text can't be used in yahoo answer's
and the worst problem is that your links will not be even clickable,one has to copy it and then paste into his/her browser.

[benintheworld]

Thanks to all!

[benintheworld]

Originally Posted by muftdagyan

No anchor text can't be used in yahoo answer's
and the worst problem is that your links will not be even clickable,one has to copy it and then paste into his/her browser.

This is only true when you are a level 1 member, when you reach level 2 membership you get clickable links!

[jwee]

I don't see many of the yahoo answers links reported in yahoo explorer, compared to forum links and blog commentings. I've got a Level 3 account. Hence I do agree with some of you who say that the ROI is not as good.