I have been concentrating quite a bit on SEO and social media marketing lately. Now that Adwords is so difficult to deal with I thought I would start putting in the work to really rank high for my keywords. One tool that many marketers seem to miss is Yahoo Answers. Basically if you are knowlegable about a subject you can give answers to questions about your subject and include up to 10 relevant links back to your websites or blogs. Notice I said relevant links not just spam links. You need to really contribute an original thoughtful response to the question.
I have been trying to rank high for the keywords “ppv traffic” for my site Realppvtraffic.com .(I am already on the first page of Google.) So I went to Yahoo Answers and just logged in with my yahoo email. I then searched Yahoo Answers for the keywords “ppv traffic.” I found a question asking about the legitimacy of ppv traffic and about the popular Mass PPV Traffic Clickbank course. Since, I know something about this subject I just answered honestly and completely. I gave a link to a review of the course, an explanation of what ppv traffic is and a list of networks (including mine!) where they could purchase ppv traffic. I did not just copy and paste an article but I wrote and original response to the question listing my sources.
You may see my Yahoo Answers response to the question “What Is PPV Traffic” here.
So now I have an article and link back to my websites on one of the highest ranked websites in the world. Plus I am coming across as an authority in my field. This just took me a few minutes. Whatever you are promoting I suggest you take the time to search through Yahoo Answers and answer relevant questions to your field. Respond thoughtfully to the questions and eventually you will have some very targeted, quality links coming back to your website as well as increased credibility in your marketplace.
Oh yes, and if you have a blog like this one go ahead and link back to your Yahoo Answers response like I just did for extra SEO and exposure! See you at the top of the search engines!
Matthew Meyer
P.S. If you have had experience using Yahoo Answers to promote yourself please let me know your experiences in the comments area right here. Thank you.
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I have also benefited in Yahoo Answers! But yeah, the secret is to give legit and helpful responses then I would give links for further resources including my blog too.
I know something about this subject I just answered honestly and completely.
But the main problem is back links from yahoo is a no follow link and might not be useful as a link back to my website
I did not just copy and paste an article but I wrote and original response to the question listing my sources.
With Yahoo answers, always sound informative and helpful in your answers and write sensibly!
And when you write an answer for Yahoo Answers, always give the asker of the question a tip or secret about how they can solve their problem and then build curiousity so they will click on your link to find out more.
Nice advice Trevor! Same practices works on making comments on Facebook pages.
I’ve only seem one Yahoo! post with a clickable URL, but unsure how they did this.
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110713092339AALKDp6
Anybody know how? Embed html?
You need to level up to Level 2 on Yahoo Answers by scoring 250 points. At that point, your links become clickable.
Thank you Steve for that information. I did not know that. Very important point if you want to use Yahoo answers for links.