subject: Yahoo Answers Is A Source Of Very Targeted Traffic That Many Online Marketers Overlook. [print this page] The basic concept of Yahoo Answers is that people ask questions and other people answer them. It's basically a giant message board. Some of the questions are bizarre, some rather, whereas others are normal.
The answer quality varies incredibly, with some being pretty useless. Of course, will be providing these high quality answers.
Accounts are only shut down if they abuse the system and consistently provide poor answers. Stay on the correct side of the terms of service and you will keep your account for a long time. People have had the same account for a long while and have accumulated thousands of points, whereas others lose theirs in a few weeks because they break the terms of service.
The key to success with Yahoo Answers is to find questions that you can answer and your website provides more information on.
The benefits of Answers are threefold.
1) You get visitors from people who read your answer
2) Your answer, if chosen as the best answer, will rank in the search engines and get traffic directly
3) You can get a backlink from your answer which will boost your sites rankings
You benefit from links because Yahoo Answers considered an authority site.
To find the best questions to answer you must use the advanced search feature. Search the questions opened in the previous seven days. This will give you the most relevant questions. You then must go through each question and find the ones you can answer completely.
In order to avoid getting banned and to get voted as the best answer, you need to provide high quality answers. You have to read the question and ensure you understand it totally.
Start your answer with a greeting, e.g. "Hi there" or "Hi, thanks for your question". This builds the all important relationship with the questioner and makes them feel well disposed towards your answer.
Give a decent quality answer that actually answers their question and sign off with something friendly like "Hope this answers your question" and your name.
Only put your URL in the answer box if it has specifically been asked for. Putting your website address in every answer is likely to get your account shut down. Your website link needs to go in the resources box underneath. It will still be seen and clicked, particularly when your answer becomes the best answer.
Yahoo Answers gives you a great way of generating targeted visitors through to your website. It works well for most types of sites and some people earn decent money just from Yahoo Answers. You will benefit a lot from it if you use it wisely.
