Yahoo Answers

[pcsourcepoint]

I have just joined Yahoo Answers, and have answered quite a few computer/software/internet questions. Though it seems many questions are posted by young school kids (myspace mentioned a lot, illegal downloads, copying movies, etc) and I'm not sure if it's better to find another category for answers that might translate to more adult/mature or blog type interested visitors...

[mydream]

Originally Posted by success49085

I've been answering relevant questions to my blogs in Yahoo Answers and I put my blog URL in the source box. I get most of my traffic from Yahoo Answers now. As long as you use a relevant blog for the question it brings a lot of traffic.

Very interesting technique. As far as I know, Yahoo Answer use "nofollow" attribute and not a good for link building. But, I am not sure about traffic. Your topic must be pretty unique to get some direct traffic. Very interesting.

[jshaffstall]

Originally Posted by mydream

Very interesting technique. As far as I know, Yahoo Answer use "nofollow" attribute and not a good for link building. But, I am not sure about traffic. Your topic must be pretty unique to get some direct traffic. Very interesting.

The technique I used was to find questions for which I already had a post answering the question, or for which I could easily write a post answering the question.

Then I gave a summary of the answer at Yahoo Answers, and provided a link to the post for more information.

Jay

[QuirkyJessi]

Now if only my site were informative and could actually be beneficial like that, heh.

[Red_Virus]

That is really one of the best methods to drive in targetted niche traffic to your site, But don't over-do It or you will be flagged as spam.

[WhoJayBe]

Yeah, it is time consuming, but you sometimes get very good quality visitors. I actually faded away from this but am considering doing it again.

I did it when I first start DatCurious.com and can I say, there are a LOT of kids that NEED to know about sex. Oh man, some of the things I read...

[WordpressThemed]

I used this technique several months ago, but with no result. Moreover, the links in Yahoo Answer are nofollow link, which is not good for SEO.

[WhoJayBe]

Well, I decided to try this out earlier. But instead of my first blog, I put DatMoney.com and I answered about 10 questions and got 14 uniques to check out my blog. And honestly, none of my answers were too much in depth, just a sentence or two.

And I think I only put one specific link in a answer but the rest were people clicking my signature link. But we'll see if I get anymore people tomorrow...

[AndrewPavelski]

Thanks for sharing... Definitely a good strategy. I always enjoy Yahoo Answers and may further look into this.

Originally Posted by success49085

I've been answering relevant questions to my blogs in Yahoo Answers and I put my blog URL in the source box. I get most of my traffic from Yahoo Answers now. As long as you use a relevant blog for the question it brings a lot of traffic.

[WhoJayBe]

Update: I got suspended from Yahoo Answers for answering questions and putting my link in there! Dammit! I appealed it and I'm waiting to hear back... LOL... wish me luck!