Yahoo Answers for SEO

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Hello, I'm not sure what I'm asking here. But I heard you can use Yahoo Answers to direct traffic to your website and blogs.

I'm just wondering is there a good strategy for this and does anyone get results from doing this.

Would appreciate if you could share with me.
PM or reply here.

Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author trafficmasters
    For pure SEO benefits I doubt it - Although im not 100% sure here

    As for making a sale or whatever your goal is then yes, yahoo answers is amazing for targeted traffic and you should always spend some time answering queries related to your niche so you can drop in that source URL and get the traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author aaronjunited
    So does google see these links your leaving in answers to peoples questions as good related links.

    It's almost like blog commenting.
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    • Profile picture of the author MatthewWoodward
      Originally Posted by aaronjunited View Post

      So does google see these links your leaving in answers to peoples questions as good related links.

      It's almost like blog commenting.
      Yes Google will like these links, BUT

      After getting a few they lose any value
      You can't leave anchor text based links just the raw URL (which is handy anyway now)
      Your links dont become live and clickable until you hit level 2

      What Yahoo Answer is good for though is driving traffic to your site by answering relevant questions and is a great way to get a site off the ground in it's early stages.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaronjunited
    so after getting a few you say they are worthless.

    So what you do then, put 10 links on and leave it
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  • Profile picture of the author aaronjunited
    Can I do both, or do I have to choose one method.

    What about two Google answer accounts?
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    • Profile picture of the author seobuzz
      Originally Posted by aaronjunited View Post

      Can I do both, or do I have to choose one method.

      What about two Google answer accounts?
      Google answer has closed.

      Anyway yahoo answer can be good for both - targeted traffic to website and SEO value. Although the backlinks from yahoo answer comes with Nofollow attribute, still it helps to diversify your website backlink profile. And that's why Yahoo answer should be an integral part of your SEO activity.
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  • Profile picture of the author jumanorbert
    For linking building i don't think it's a goood idea..you can get better links using other tactics like guesting posting, commenting on high pr blogs, forums, etc.
    As for driving traffic, yes, you can get very targeted traffic from yahoo answers. what i do is use those questions to create blog posts.This way i create content that people are actually in need of
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    Use yahoo answers as a way to demonstrate knowledge, build rep and traffic - a marketing tool not SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Autrey
    I do this to resolved questions, I just add comments since I can't add answers. I started doing it like 3 days ago though. I came across the idea in an adsense PDF. It's not a bad idea and my traffic did rise a bit.
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    • Profile picture of the author series7examtutor
      Originally Posted by marketforus1 View Post

      I do this to resolved questions, I just add comments since I can't add answers. I started doing it like 3 days ago though. I came across the idea in an adsense PDF. It's not a bad idea and my traffic did rise a bit.
      What a great idea. Thank you...since I don't know how to click on thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author aaronjunited
    thanks everyone, great tips. I actually meant to say yahoo answers on my last post regarding two accounts lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author gearmonkey
    They are nofollow but are still useful. It's good mix up your backlinks. YA also [can] bring traffic.... which is part of the goal, right?
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  • Profile picture of the author HorseStall
    Yahoo Answers can be useful in improving search engine ranking but its not going to make a significant difference on a non-performing site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Autrey
    Yes, but mix Yahoo Answers with some comments on relative blogs and do that 10 times. I think you'd see some adsense $$.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lauraknigh
    I've experimented with this and it seems that yahoo answers has no effect on SERP
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  • Profile picture of the author KingPop
    Yup..

    I have seen many pages and I know many people who uses yahoo answers to build links for seo and traffic. But you need account of level 2+ to add links I guess.

    if you want one unique way to build links with this. PM me.
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  • Profile picture of the author kayetaylor
    KingPop is right, you have number of points to go to level 2. Meaning you need to answer some yahoo questions before getting that level.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaronjunited
    I'm already on level 2. thanks or the suggestions again.
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  • Profile picture of the author Khemba
    For quick targeted traffic this is my (now not so!) secret method - depending on how well you answer the questions you can have some great success - I use this method for my CPA offers.

    For even more targeted results if you have not already done so you should set up notifications so that any questions asked in your niche get sent to you immediately.

    Yahoo answers is also good for the search engines (short term) as depending on the topic the question/answer will show up super quick on google page 1.

    Regards
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  • Profile picture of the author bsbear
    Yeah a lot of people use this strategy but its not really great for long-term SEO in my opinion.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaronjunited
    Getting targeted traffic seems to be the best that yahoo answers can offer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Martin
    The key is to ensuring that the answers are genuine, and that your link is relevant to the question being asked! Don't get spammy! Throw in some answers w/o your link as well so that you're not viewed as a user solely attempting to advertise. This will make you come off as a more valuable source of information, and probably prevent a ban as well. KEEP IT RELEVANT!

    I'm no SEO expert, but it couldn't hurt! Also, Yahoo Answers questions are ranked high in google - and therefore you can definitely get some nice targeted traffic through this method. Consider outsourcing this job to someone else as well. Maybe somebody on WF would be willing to do this for you! Don't spend too much time on it.

    Best of luck,
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  • Profile picture of the author aaronjunited
    Really good advice here, really appreciate it. It's got me thinking on a plan.
    Tell me if this is a good idea.

    In my niche there are thousands of forums and blogs that are available to post reply's on where I can answer questions in detail. Throughout these forums and blogs I can leave a detailed answer and vary my links going to my pages on my money site. Vary the anchor text and use the domain and completely make it different each time.

    I have a blog set up that relates to my niche and I can use it for tips and tricks and comparing products. I can also get ideas for posts to put on the blog through questions asked all over the internet and then link to my answers again using varied anchor text. But in my blog posts I'm linking to product reviews through keywords in the blogs posts. So my blog will act as a blog does in a link wheel.

    Then you have yahoo answers to get targeted traffic through varied anchor text and so on. I see what people mean by not linking out every question. Look as if I'm genuine.

    Do this every day for 2 hours or more and keep putting content on the blog and the money site.

    I think this is a nice recipe for good ranking and link juice.
    Thoughts?
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    • Yahoo Answers is a good source of backlinks and traffic. Posting useful answers that are related to your niche can help you establish your online reputation, build credibility, and drive more traffic to your site.
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    • Profile picture of the author seobuzz
      Originally Posted by aaronjunited View Post

      Really good advice here, really appreciate it. It's got me thinking on a plan.
      Tell me if this is a good idea.

      In my niche there are thousands of forums and blogs that are available to post reply's on where I can answer questions in detail. Throughout these forums and blogs I can leave a detailed answer and vary my links going to my pages on my money site. Vary the anchor text and use the domain and completely make it different each time.

      I have a blog set up that relates to my niche and I can use it for tips and tricks and comparing products. I can also get ideas for posts to put on the blog through questions asked all over the internet and then link to my answers again using varied anchor text. But in my blog posts I'm linking to product reviews through keywords in the blogs posts. So my blog will act as a blog does in a link wheel.

      Then you have yahoo answers to get targeted traffic through varied anchor text and so on. I see what people mean by not linking out every question. Look as if I'm genuine.

      Do this every day for 2 hours or more and keep putting content on the blog and the money site.

      I think this is a nice recipe for good ranking and link juice.
      Thoughts?
      Its a great idea. And if you can execute the plan you will definitely succeed. But on Y!A you can not have Anchor text, so there is no question of anchor text variation. Although you can always diversify the URL with Y!A (Some times Homepage, blogs, blog posts etc)

      I guess you got the idea
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  • Profile picture of the author mcatt
    Not sure how well it works but I'm trying it.
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  • Profile picture of the author series7examtutor
    So far Yahoo answers have been virtually useless for me in terms of backlinks and revenue. I know the links are nofollow but Google webmaster tools does not recognize them at all. Also, the traffic that I get from Yahoo Answers is terrible in that my business is focused on the US and all of the traffic is from outside the US. The only thing I get is a few extra clicks. I am going to try commenting on a few resolved answers and see what happens. I will look for resolved answers that rank high on my keywords
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  • Profile picture of the author Aarav
    Originally Posted by aaronjunited View Post

    Hello, I'm not sure what I'm asking here. But I heard you can use Yahoo Answers to direct traffic to your website and blogs.

    I'm just wondering is there a good strategy for this and does anyone get results from doing this.

    Would appreciate if you could share with me.
    PM or reply here.

    Thanks.
    Yeah, Yahoo Answer is the best way to get direct relevant traffic to website and it haven't provide any bad effects to website. Mostly people prefer Yahoo Answer strategy to get quality traffics and better result.
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  • Profile picture of the author nandla
    achieving higher level is very tough in YA
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  • Profile picture of the author danielthomas
    Pages from Yahoo answers appear in Google SERP for lot of long tail keywords. If you have links of your pages in those pages, you can get a lot of referral visits for your site. Also having links on Yahoo answers helps you to get link weight age for your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyborgX
    SEO is SEO no matter what search engine it is it doesn't change the definition of the words...
    unique content, build back links, do on page seo (use H tags and page title meta tags)... same as the other SE's...
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  • Profile picture of the author GFI
    Yes, it is useful which definitely can increase your sitewide traffic not with any particular keyword because answer sites have not any options to make anchor text, you just simple write your site URL.
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  • Profile picture of the author govind sharan
    Yahoo answer is the way for getting the traffic directly. you can also use it for online reputation, build credibility.
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  • Profile picture of the author AlexSuwarna
    Yes Sure, Yahoo answering helps to increase website traffic. You can used link in source section.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jose Princely
    Yes it is a Good strategy. One of the greatest edge Yahoo have still now over Google is their QA section...
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  • Profile picture of the author richard branson
    Yahoo answering is best seo technique to get back links and boost traffic. It is a important SEO technique.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chelsie1687
    not worth the time and effort.
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  • Profile picture of the author classic99
    yahoo answer is very good for SEO, Take it
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  • Profile picture of the author margotoliver
    Be Careful of over promoting your website, Yahoo Answers will block you if they are supicious of you promoting your websites, it is a good alternative, but here are 5 SEO Tips that I go back to and this always helps rank my websites.
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  • Profile picture of the author jfambrini
    Yahoo Answer may be helpful but it is a lot of work to get to Level 2 and it is opportunity cost. You could be using all that time in creating many more useful links.
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  • Profile picture of the author jerrywhyte
    Yahoo Answers has over the years be long respected and its ultimately one of the surest way to build offpage SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author seoexpertsolution
    Yahoo answers are very helpful for redirect traffic to your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author raisuddintch1
    Yes, Yahoo answer is a good way to get direct and targeted traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author marketwarrior06
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    without any doubt Yahoo answer is effective but its kind of tough to get accepted with the links in the answer or question. SO you have to make a very reputed account to run this campaigning.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyborgX
    Some SEO experts think NOfollow is almost waste and useless. But in reality Nofollow backlinks too have some value.. First traffic brought back from any part is valuable for traffic is a major factor for Page Rank which in turn is major factor in SEO ranking, Furthermore Even no follow links gets value when 2 sites have every factors (like DOfollow backlinks and other SEO factors) then Search Engines will start to consider Nofollow as a factor to decide rankings.

    Once simple fact will remain true forever "Potential(related) traffic from any source is valuable and are helpful in Search Engine Optimization.
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  • Profile picture of the author lauragibbs83
    Your live links should be relevant on the topic your answering to.
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  • Profile picture of the author mikedex
    Answering links are trustable links. Thing is that don't hit your website or promote through answering sites. Participate in related discussion which is same to your website niche. After that give a link or post URL to your website. 4-5 Answering links in a month is enough for your website but relevancy is must needed.
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  • Everything that should be said has been said about yahoo answers. I recommend it for another source of link building
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    • Profile picture of the author honeymor
      Yes yahoo answer is a best way to get direct traffic on blog or site. But post only original thoughts there.


      Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author rtailor
        Because the links on Yahoo answers are without keywords, so are not beneficial for SEO purposes but are great to get targeted traffic to your site for marketing and sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author harry911
    It's good for getting traffic but from SEO point of view it's not that great. It's simply too much work for nofollow links.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dcacar
    I am going to try few things with yahoo answers, I will let you guys know what the results are like.
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  • Profile picture of the author kiambati
    There is no harm in trying. Give it a shot and see what link juice it will bring your way.
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  • Profile picture of the author himanuzo
    I see that a lot of Yahoo Answers links get top ranking at Google...

    But this is hard to put hyperlink especially you promote stuff. Because it is not a marketplace.
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