Yahoo Answers is a web community where you can ask
questions and people who have knowledge about your specific question answer
it. With over 90 million people visiting
and sharing the knowledge, it is a lot of web traffic if you are able to make a
mark in Yahoo Answers. You also have the
opportunity to link to your website through the secondary box called
"SOURCE". Every answer submitted will be
in the yahoo search engine page results.
Once you answer the question you can link to your website for more
details. Here are some tips which can make your Yahoo answers presence fruitful
for yourself and your readers.
Tip # 1: Select the
category in which you wish to make your presence felt or in the niche which you
specialize in and promote. Answer questions related to your niche to build
yourself as an expert.
Tip #2: Yahoo answers is one of the largest web based
community. There are plenty of people
focused on answering questions, it is best to answer the most recent questions
preferably within the first three hours.
Tip #3: Make it a point to post only relevant website link
in the Source box using a URL that sounds similar to the topic. If you are
answering a question regarding dog food, the URL should be of a landing page
specific to that niche and include it in the source box.
Tip #4: Answer questions as well as you can with specific
details. The more authority you have
with your answers, the better chance you have of being selected as the top
choice.
Tip #5: Read the
Community guidelines well before you rush into answering questions to avoid
violation of the terms.
Tip #6: Be sure to include your keywords in your answer as
best as you can. You can also add your URL using a href tag but if you not done
correctly you will not be chosen as the top answer and in some cases your
answer may be removed completely on suspicion of link spamming.
Tip #7: Apart from Yahoo search engine your answers may also
be picked up other search engines including google. Google may spider your answers and give you
credit for a back-link. So be sure to
answer as many questions as you can each day or till you reach your answering
limit of 20.
Tip #8: Answering questions and helping other is enjoyable
and could get to be addictive. So Stick
with it and build an impressive portfolio while developing your back-links.
It takes time to master the art of answering niche based
questions. Create a strategy where you
are answering questions on a daily basis, incorporating your keywords into your
answers and linking to your websites within the source boxes you will see
results relatively quickly.
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