You pariticipate in Yahoo Answer, for what?

I will pop over there and answer questions to try and build authority on a subject. I do this in hopes of driving targeted traffic to my sites. I make sure that I don't spend an overwhelming amount of my time or focus on answering those questions, just when I feel like it.

I used Yahoo Answers few times to find answers to some very specific questions that
I couldn't find by other means. I always got answers I was looking for, so it's been
great for me for that purpose.

I hear people getting good traffic from Yahoo Answers but I haven't tested it in that way.

HOT TIP - After the latest Google Penguin Update, the google algorithm tend to give more preference to Yahoo answers , because the visitors can resolve their problem and ask their needs and wants through Yahoo answers , so that's why this penguin update gave SPECIAL AUTHORITY over Yahoo answers. The cool part is Now WE(Internet Marketers) CAN exploit this opportunity , Instead of directly promoting your site , You need to PROVIDE little bit of of solution their problem and then promote your site , YOU MAY AMAZE Due to the reaction of the users.

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Praveen Kumar

Yahoo anserwering is one the best community where you can discuss your problems.

I stopped using Yahoo answers when I answered someone's question on social media and told them if needed more information they could check out my blog post on the subject. Yahoo banned me for that. No warning and no reprieve. To live is to learn I guess!

two reasons:

1. When I need to get answers to questions, when i google them i often find myself clicking on an result on Yahoo Answers.

2. To drive targeted traffic to one of my niche websites. I will answer questions relevant to my niche. If my answer is liked, I am seen as an authority on the matter and they are more likely to visit my site.

I select some intersting questions and get some useful tips from it. If i know some fixes i will share it with others.I have come to know some interesting tips ( Technical and others) from yahoo.I use it as a stress buster. I do also promote my sites with this.

First, to look for targeted audience and prospects that might drive traffic to your site or get sales in your product. Come to think of it, if you ask someone and have been answered correctly, of course you would be thankful and would trust that person. Same as with yahoo answers!, you build authority.

Answering questions on yahoo is good for back linking. I get around 20-40 clicks per day from the questions I have answered. Always make sure you are honest. "cleverly" post a link to your site in there if you can.

Once you reach level two you can start posting links, and since Google still loves yahoo answers quite a bit, this can help your site rank with a nice clean backlink that you don't have to be worried of being slapped over. Not only that but if the yahoo answer/topic is popular then you can traffic directly from that in itself. I've managed to get many of my answers chosen as the best for questions, which pushes it to the top, and gives you more points. The trick is take the extra time to make all your answers quality.

If we use yahoo answers without spamming ,it is the best source to get targetted traffic. I do it for enjoyment and to help others.

I have used it before to help build authority

I used to participate for traffic. The truth is that I got a lot of traffic from them, but my account got banned, although I don't really feel I did something wrong.

I use Yahoo Answers to build value in my niche. Yes, it is no follow but Yahoo Answers rank highly in SERP's especially with longtail keywords such as questions. I have seen a lot of traffic to my site come from this source.

I occasionally answer a question when I think I have something that can help someone. Then maybe someone will help me one day.

I had a little play around with it and gave away really helpful content which would lead onto a video tutorial on Youtube on how to do it but the "community" kept reporting me so I don't bother anymore.

They do rank really well in Google though.

James Scholes

After the Google recent update Yahoo answer has more importance from the IM point of view. If you ignore the prospect of Yahoo answer, you are going to miss decent amount of targeted traffic!

Yahoo answers can be a pretty solid place for traffic. However, you can very easily get banned if you use it the wrong way.

Basically, I've found that if you answer a ton of non-niche related questions, you can then, on every 5th-10th question, answer a question in your niche and leave a very relevant link (not using the same link in the same week though). Then make sure to vote for yourself as best answer! The more you do this the better the chances that particular question gets ranked high in search and drives traffic to your link.

and.. Here some tips if you want to get traffic from Yahoo answear

1) Find a Category

Yahoo Answer is categorized, so look for the category which is relevant to your blog’s theme. If you take Lyte Byte for example, it’s related to Computers and Internet. There are so many categories, so obviously you blog will fit into one. Each category also has many subcategories but these are closely related. To have a huge margin, stick to the main category.

2) Get More Knowledge

Since you are blogging in a particular theme or subject, you must be having a fair idea about the subject even if you are not specialized. Try to read more about your subject and get more knowledge. You can do this in Yahoo answer itself. Read both the questions and answers in your category, so you will know what the nature of question you can expect there is.

3) Answer with a Link

Look out for questions which you can answer and give a link back to your site for more detail. When you answer, don’t just give a link, answer it in brief but you should convince the reader that by clicking the link he would get more detailed answer. Also giving just a link would look more like a spam and the reader would not trust it. But don’t forget to give the link to your site in the source section. When you give the link, give it to the related post and not to the main page. If the reader gets the answer, he is sure to probe around to see what is this site anyway?

4) Be the First One to Answer

When you answer a particular question, try to make it as the first one to answer. If others answer to that question, it will be added to the bottom of what you have written. So if you write your answer somewhere in the middle, your effort may be lost in between.

5) Give the Best Answer

The whole point is to provide the best answer. After the time allotted for each question to be answered, all the answers is set for voting. If your answer is being selected as the best, then your content will make it to the top of all the answers. This will make sure to get a continued traffic from that question. Many people before posting a question, they search if a particular question is already been asked and they are more likely to read the best answer than the other answers.

6) Be a Top Contributor

Yahoo Answers also gives points for your answers. 2 points for an answer, 10 points for the best answer and 1 point for voting an answer. As your points grow you become the top contributor. When you answer a particular question, you will be shown as a top contributor near your avatar. By this people may trust your words more than others and they are more likely to click your avatar and see what other questions you have answered. This means more traffic to your site.

7) Workaround a little bit

If you don’t find any questions that you can answer and link to your killer post, then work around a little bit. You write a post in your site, ask your friend to post a question on this, you answer with the link and ask your friend to vote as the best answer. You can also work around a little bit if you have multiple yahoo ids. But note that if others feel suspicious that you are abusing the system they can mark it so and the vote is also multiple voter based, so try to look genuine and not a spam.

8 ) Lead Generation

Apart from the traffic you get, Yahoo Answer also gives lead generation. If you have ever wondered what to write about in your site, you will never run out of ideas now. As you are browsing to answer questions, you will come across some questions that will interest and you would like to post it in your site. Answer the question in your site and give the link to that post as answer in Yahoo. These are questions asked by a genuine person and there are many people with the similar question, so when you post it in your site there are chances you will receive hits for that post from search engine as well.

9) Star It

If you want to keep track of all the questions that gives you an idea to post it in your blog, Star them to keep track.

10) Location based Traffic

If you are looking for a particular geography based traffic, then consider answering questions from Yahoo Answers International. They have many country specific Yahoo Answer sites and they may be more relevant to you if your site is localized.

So, is it worth the time?

All these things may look as if it takes lot of time. But if you look at from the other angle it’s all beneficial. We read lots of feeds to keep us updated with the latest news and development. Following with these questions in Yahoo not only gives the idea of what is the hot topic but also gives an idea of what people are asking about it. This will make your posts to improve in quality and these maybe the exact keywords people maybe using in search engines to find answer. Moreover it’s a continued traffic, as people will be definitely reading these answered questions even after a long time since the question is being asked.

You can also try out and use these similar kind of sites where you answer questions.
# answerbag.com
# askville.amazon.com
# yedda.com

Great answers equanto. I was waiting for someone to mention lead generation which you cover in 8).

I lurk on Yahoo Answer quite a bit to get ideas on what is a popular topic so that I can blog about it. I also surf over to Reddit, Quora and if it's product related, askville.amazon.com.

Thanks for sharing all those amazing tips equanto.

equanto is right, its all about helping, having a good profile, and giving high quality feedback.

That is what most people will sit back and take notice...and click links.

I participate to get backlink but it might hard compare to last time because yahoo usually will choose for the best choice and best vote and ignore the others .

Get a backlink in yahoo answer like get a backlink in wikipedia which is so effective to get traffic and help lot in SEO.

There are a myriad of reasons to use yahoo answers to drive sales, etc. One of them being fiverr gigs and what not if that is what you are into. That is just one of the many uses for yahoo answers. Others are more indepth, but you can find them if you look hard enough.

My take on Yahoo Answers:

If there are so many people that are asking a question why not post an answer that helps those people while bringing you some commissions?!? We're not doing charity are we!?

I've done some YA spamming some time ago...did not bring me a CENT!!! Then i tried legit answers - making goo $$$!