Is using Yahoo Answers any good for gaining traffic?

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by wombleboy05, Jan 26, 2010.

  1. smsinhindi

    smsinhindi Peon

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    #21
    Yahoo answer is a good way, I am too at 2 lebel, some time I also got violation notice from yahoo saying "personal site promotion" , now I answer only few question.
    www. smsinhindi.com/feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated
     
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  2. xmax555

    xmax555 Greenhorn

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    #22
    I'm getting about 5% of traffic from Y! answers. So it's not completely useless.
     
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  3. Jalpari

    Jalpari Notable Member

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    #23
    yahoo answers r good way for backlink andtraffic.
     
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  4. Boogieman

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    #24
    Just provide what the people want with a link to ur site :) ..
     
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  5. Jossey

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    #25
    I never knew this before
    I think I'll give it a try
     
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  6. PaulAdams

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    #26
    I do regularly post my answers to yahoo. And put the best I can see. But don't think I got much traffic from yahoo. Still finding ways.
     
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  7. etc

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    #27
    i have 22% of my traffic from yahoo answers. :D
    not bad because of best answers.
     
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  8. SticKer

    SticKer Well-Known Member

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    #28
    If used well it can bring in good amount of traffic to your website.

    SticKer
     
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  9. xdhirax

    xdhirax Active Member

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    #29
    Post (cloaked) affiliate links.
     
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  10. auburnfan23

    auburnfan23 Well-Known Member

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    #30
    I have used it in the past and got banned but I also got some traffic from it aswell. I would suggest having more than 1 account so you do not place more than 1 link per account a day.
     
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  11. nhc1987

    nhc1987 Notable Member

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    #31
    The real key to making money with Yahoo answer is gaining some level of credibility which you can gain by giving answers to the best of your ability and by being active in the community. So chose a category or questions related to your product or niche and start gaining credibility by giving relevant answers. You should remain polite and answer those questions only you have answers. You can get spam flag and even your account can be banned if you try to spam in Yahoo answer community or give irrelevant answer to the asked questions. You can include a link to your website or product within your answer body or in the resource section if that page contains more details about the question being asked and please don’t try to place a link to your website just for advertising purpose. Try to find questions that are focused about a problem that can be solved by your website or product you are offering and answer questions with a clear and useful solution.
     
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  12. maryjoanna

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    #32
    do they still allow links in yahoo answers? I think they removed it already. I used to be addicted in yahoo answers but it does helps very much...it just like forum posting but i still like forum posting.
     
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  13. Jim4767

    Jim4767 Prominent Member

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    #33
    I'm a level 5 user in Yahoo Answers, with over 2,000 posts, many of them including relevant links to my website.

    The result? About 30 visitors a month from Yahoo Answers out of my normal 85,000 unique visitors. So as a traffic source? — not worth my time.
     
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  14. mdvonline

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    #34
    Yahoo Answers will not remove your link if you are directly answering the persons questions with or without a link (I got hundreds if not thousands of links on there). If the article answers the persons question, I dont think they would have a issue.

    They will ban you if you use affiliate links or send them to a sales copy. I also stay away from something like make money online with YM.

    Cheers,
    Mukul
     
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  15. QuackWare

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    #35
    It can be a good startup for traffic source and link building if you have no other good ways. However it should not be relied on as a main source of traffic as the admins can be fickle and you have to put a lot of work into it compared to something like blog posting.
     
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  16. itzball

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    #36
    Answer honest questions that pertain to your niche. I know this because i do it for a business. You can gain a lot of traffic through backlinks on yahoo answers.
     
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  17. Black Beard

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    #37
    Yahoo Answers has been proving a great and easy way to gain traffic to your website. I started trying it out about 1 week ago and I am currently receiving about 50-100 visits per day from Yahoo Answers. Though, I only post about 10 valid answers per day.
     
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  18. peterson82

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    #38
    By using yahoo answers We can get backlinks from the yahoo site and also get the traffic from the yahoo sites.
     
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  19. master02

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    #39

    There is a seperate "source box" in Y! answers meant basically for URL's.
     
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  20. tech_savvy

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    #40
    wether the answers are relevamt or not matters a lot in yahoo.
     
    tech_savvy, Feb 21, 2010 IP