Are Yahoo Answers spidered?

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by madbry, Jan 18, 2007.

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    Upon learning that Yahoo Answers are an authority site, I started posting answers to questions where I could use one of my webpages as a "source," thus planting a link.

    I started this about a month ago, and my SEO software still shows no backlinks from Yahoo Answers, not even a "no follow" link.

    Does anyone know what is going on here?
     
    madbry, Jan 18, 2007 IP
  2. mad4

    mad4 Peon

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  3. top9

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    Thanks for your reply
     
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  4. edr

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    They may hold value for traffic building if you are quite active, though.
     
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    Yfcadmin Notable Member

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    Yes Yahoo Answers is well spidered.
     
    Yfcadmin, Jan 20, 2007 IP
  6. bluemouse2

    bluemouse2 Well-Known Member

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    Yes, as far as I know
     
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    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    They should be... Make a post and search in google to see if it is available or not
     
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  8. KeithCash

    KeithCash Well-Known Member

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    Yes, as far as we can tell.

    Cheers
     
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  9. gatewayink

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    Yes, they are spidered.
     
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    steveb Well-Known Member

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    Oh...darn...didn't know they were "nofollow". You mean I answered all those questions for nothing?!? :rolleyes:
     
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  11. oseymour

    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    you didn't answer them for nothing because Yahoo answers can bring you some decent traffic if the link you post is relevant.
     
    oseymour, Jan 22, 2007 IP
  12. PoemofQuotes

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    It will definitely bring in traffic even if they are nofollow. Whenever someone visits that page and see that your website was used as a best answer, you easily gained a new visitor.
     
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  13. autorave

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    almost all public forums or discussion areas use nofollow. Try getting the search status firefox extension so you'll get a pink box over the links.

    Don't use the same message over and over again on Yahoo Answers.. you'll get banned for spamming. Saw it happen to some people.
     
    autorave, Jan 22, 2007 IP
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    Pat Gael Banned

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    I was doing a research a few days agot that lead me directly to yahoo answers, indexed by Google.
     
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    If you have questions, you write them
     
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  16. madbry

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    To answer my own question: I just found out the links are no-follow through some software I am using. (I just realized I was analyzing backlinks for the wrong page - that's why it was showing no links at all from Yahoo Answers). In one month I think I have gotten one visitor through a Yahoo Answer. Not worth my time.
     
    madbry, Jan 24, 2007 IP