Okay, right now you’re probably thinking “Underestimated? It’s yahoo for crying out loud!†Well you’d be right, it IS Yahoo. And loads of people do in fact try to use Yahoo Answers to promote their website. But 95% of people do it wrong. Things like…using new accounts, copy/pasting, and being level 1. Let me elaborate. One spam measure Yahoo took for spam/advertising is...Read more here.
I never even thought to use yahoo answers for backlinking! Thanks so much for the tips on what NOT to do.
Google ignores "nofollow" anyway. So that is not important. Also, I didn't click your link because I wanted to stay on this page, make sure people realize that if they are going to link to pages, they are at least relevant to the content they are responding to.
Google does not ignore nofollow links at all. They haven't for awhile now. They are still good backlink sources. Also, the link is relevant to the content...I'll edit it if it lets me
There is yet another trick, you may cooperate with your friends, and ask the questions which are relevant for your and their sites.
You get much more traffic from Yahoo Answers if your answer is chosen as the "Best Answer" for that question.