Yahoo Answers Taking OVer Top 10 For Many Keywords

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  1. #1
    Anyone notice that all of a sudden yahoo answers are getting a lot of top 10 results...i saw a couple cases where they had 5 results out of the top 10... just noticed today...
     
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  2. Hersheys

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    I haven't notice it. What keywords have you search in google?
     
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    Idiot Inside Well-Known Member

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    I noticed that as well. Not 5 results out of 10 are yahoo answers but for many queries their pages rank well.
     
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    mbfootball47 Well-Known Member

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    Yes, just like wikipedia but becoming more widespread they take over positions with that PR 9
     
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    axlarry Notable Member

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    Can anyone give an example?
     
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  6. Swordfish

    Swordfish Active Member

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    davewashere Active Member

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    Interesting. Do people still use Yahoo Answers to drive traffic to their relevant website(s)?
     
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    axlarry Notable Member

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  9. Swordfish

    Swordfish Active Member

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    their answers site is love by google indeed...
     
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    stock_post Prominent Member

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    When google find out yahoo is making money with Yahoo Answers they will take them all out of the search.

    We just need to wait for some time - That's all

    or email google how much money Yahoo is making out of that service..

    -- For now I do not see ads next to Yahoo Answers -- not sure why?
     
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    So go in and start answering some Yahoo Questions. you wouldnt believe the traffic i get with it!

    -Brad
     
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    I have noticed this.

    Doesn't it tell you something though? Think about it - take a step back.

    User Generated Content, useful content = the type of content that Google wants people to find in it's search engine.
     
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    Now that Yahoo answers rank high and get decent traffic from Google, they should try to monetize that traffic with Adsense, it will surely bring them more $$ than YPN :D
     
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    rofl..... nice suggestion indeed :D
     
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    It's an authority site, so it's expected.
     
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    it's kinda a shame because I know many people from this board alone are exploiting yahoo answers with spam.
     
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    Too bad the google rankings for an answers post only lasts a couple of days.
     
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    How much have you received?
     
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    Kind of like Wikipedia, huh? Interesting...
     
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    #20
    I was into Yahoo answers for a couple months and actually had 75% best answers out of 60 or so. But I got tired of it really quickly when I saw plenty of answers that were ridiculously wrong, but were voted as best answers, likely by their friends.

    It is full of junk and spam, and nowhere near the usefulness of Wiki. Google made a mistake.
     
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