Yahoo Answer.

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by siddharth_kumar, Mar 27, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hello Friends Do you know anythig about yahoo answer and how can a SEO use yahoo answer for his websites.
     
    siddharth_kumar, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  2. zurk

    zurk Banned

    Messages:
    309
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #2
    Hi there! I sometime do Yahoo Answers for my site =)
    All you need to do is to answer questions. If you're planning to include a url (your site), you better make sure that you answer is relevant to that link.

    Yahoo answers drives traffic, but not that much.
     
    zurk, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  3. saadahmed007

    saadahmed007 Admínistratör

    Messages:
    5,272
    Likes Received:
    869
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    380
    #3
    Yahoo answers will not help with SEO..but you can get direct traffic from it.
     
    saadahmed007, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  4. falguni1

    falguni1 Peon

    Messages:
    3,016
    Likes Received:
    66
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #4
    It is one way of marketing your site and getting traffic.
     
    falguni1, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  5. choicefreedom2000

    choicefreedom2000 Peon

    Messages:
    374
    Likes Received:
    6
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #5
    My dear Friend

    Why not talk with directly the top contributor of yahoo answers. Ok i am not promoting myself but inorder to create faith in the below detials i have to do this.

    First thing is that yahoo answer are with nofollow so seo wise it is zero.

    Second thing that yahoo answers allow to paste link so SEM wise it is helpful

    Third thing is that when you become top contributor at yahoo then you build a rappo there

    Fourth thing is that if you do spam there then you are nowhere.

    Fifth thing is that at yahoo answer genuine visitors with there genuine problem are there so they need accurate reply for their problem unless you can't get best answer and never recieve top contributor logo

    Finally No spammers are there so you can will receive genuine and direct traffic which will obviously buy product or services if they click your url.

    Cool Mate and Enjoy your Day

    Dashanan Sharma
     
    choicefreedom2000, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  6. redphoenix123

    redphoenix123 Peon

    Messages:
    64
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #6
    Answer some relevant questions that could link to your site.. It doesn't help in seo, but it does give you direct traffic
     
    redphoenix123, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  7. crysis-world.com

    crysis-world.com Peon

    Messages:
    34
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #7
    agree with him.
     
    crysis-world.com, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  8. silvalex

    silvalex Peon

    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #8
    Good for SEM, not relevant to SEO
     
    silvalex, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  9. Claudek

    Claudek Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,379
    Likes Received:
    81
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    165
    #9
    I have found Yahoo Answers great for targetted traffic. One answer got me 30K hits in a month and I still get about 100 visitors/day from that answer now.

    In terms of SEO, there is a bit of a dependancy here. Some niches are very populour and you find some webmasters scrape particular niche questions to put on their page (giving you a new backlink in effect).

    You also find that the Yahoo Answers page you had the best answer is ranked high in SERPs, and you get traffic in that way as well (this is true regardless of which search engine was used).

    The main thing here is that answers should be detailed and your links flow in from what you have written in your answer. Of course, the links themselves have to be informative. If you do not have this, you will most likely be flagged and have your acount suspended.
     
    Claudek, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  10. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

    Messages:
    7,824
    Likes Received:
    186
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    260
    #10
    Yahoo answers use no follow tag with all links, you it won't help in SEO. But you can drive some direct traffic.
     
    angilina, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  11. kittyluver

    kittyluver Notable Member

    Messages:
    6,812
    Likes Received:
    222
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    263
    #11
    I got descent PR for my pet blog from zero to three mainly due to yahoo answers. This is silent contributer for your site i.e. visitor wise... Even your URL will be referred by some others if you're giving relevant answers.

    More over you can place a small banner with Yahoo icon in your website which indicates the answers for which you have answered in your website. I did for my Pet care site and got noted by YAHOO and receive nice ranking in yahoo also. My URL is edogadvice.com.
     
    kittyluver, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  12. Peterbndrs

    Peterbndrs Active Member

    Messages:
    282
    Likes Received:
    2
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    58
    #12
    Am using yahoo answers regularly and getting traffic. It is helpful in getting traffic but not SEO.
     
    Peterbndrs, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  13. e-webtemplates

    e-webtemplates Peon

    Messages:
    355
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #13
    ya . yahoo answer links are nofollow links. ultimate aim of SEO is to bring some traffic. Yahoo answer brings you traffic.
     
    e-webtemplates, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  14. Zafar Ahmed

    Zafar Ahmed Active Member

    Messages:
    976
    Likes Received:
    41
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    85
    #14
    Yes, to answer your question. It comes under the "SEM" :)
     
    Zafar Ahmed, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  15. meetbro

    meetbro Banned

    Messages:
    911
    Likes Received:
    18
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #15
    lol. nice explanation :D
     
    meetbro, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  16. Hersheys

    Hersheys Peon

    Messages:
    2,591
    Likes Received:
    23
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #16
    It only helps as referring links but in SEO I don't think it helps because you can't use anchor text on yahoo answer.
     
    Hersheys, Mar 27, 2008 IP
  17. Bloomtools

    Bloomtools Peon

    Messages:
    1,361
    Likes Received:
    12
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #17
    Your website needs traffic, and it drives to it, than i don't think so it's harmful for your website.
    Finally, main purpose after SEO is getting high and business traffic.
    If you get that you are going in the right direction.
     
    Bloomtools, Mar 27, 2008 IP