Traffic from Yahoo Answers
The secret to getting traffic from Yahoo Answers is very simple. You need to have an account and signing up is easy. In your profile you can use a name that relates to your website if that helps. You can also include your URL in your profile.
But this is just passive advertising. The real gold is in being able to post your URL as further information or a source for your answer. Of course, your site has to be relevant to the answer.
Otherwise sooner or later, people will catch on that you are just tricking them into visiting your site and they will have a negative feeling toward you. Also, you run the risk of having your answer deleted if the source link is not relevant.
It is fairly easy to find questions that can be answered more thoroughly on one of your pages or that is related to your site’s information. Then your resource URL will be pertinent and you won’t be considered a spammer.
The most important thing is to give a good answer. Don’t get fancy. Don’t be rude. Just write your answer as if you were facing the person in real life and be brutally honest.
Don’t struggle with the answer. This can happen if you do not really know the topic and are just answering for the sake of answering. An answer that is nothing but a thinly disguised excuse to put your link in the resource box will soon earn you a reputation. But the wrong kind of reputation.
When you start using Yahoo Answers, you will notice an increase in your site’s traffic. Or it should show an increase. Check your stats and you will see if Yahoo Answers is really giving you good traffic.
Some niches will work better than others but you have to test the traffic for your site and see if Yahoo Answers is making a difference.
It’s time intensive so your best bet is to outsource the work. Some people will happily spend all day on Yahoo Answers. If they are clever they will get someone (like you) to pay for their answers.
If you go this route, here is some advice on dealing with an outsourced poster.
- Check their answers and make sure the answer they post sticks around for at least 24 hours
- Make the deal to pay per completed answer so long as the answer stays in the thread for a certain period of time. I suggest a week.
- Pay a bonus (usually double the agreed-upon rate) for any answers that are selected as best answer.
Hey Nick, thats brilliant. Thanks. I tried it and it surely works.
Regards,
Joakim@eteq.com
http://www.eTEQ.com
Thanks for such a comprehensive article. I have done all my yahoo answers myself but have wondered about outsourcing them. The part on outsourceomg was enlightening.