Some Best Practices For Using Yahoo! Answers To Drive Traffic
Save time - subscribe to relevant feeds: Those that have little time to participate will enjoy the fact that Yahoo! has provide RSS feeds. I subscribed to four different feeds relevant to my own personal knowledge base. I subscribed to that feed and I would periodically check the new answers throughout the day. This enabled me to sort through those that I could answer and those that I could not.
Provide meaningful answers: Contrary to the belief of many - you can not fake it till you make it. Providing meaningful answers to the questions proposed by other members will get you closer to securing some “best answer” commendations’ (which boosts your exposure) and helps you establish yourself as someone who know what the heck they are talking about - not one that simply drops the same URL repeatedly to questions that are not relevant (which could get you banned).
Be “liberal” in the use of URL drops: It’s not a good idea to post a link to your site, but it’s not a bad idea either. Fortunately, there is a spot for it - although it’s a “nofollow” link. Yahoo! has provide a “source” section which should be used. If you are sourcing other information, include it in the body of your answer - those that watch for new incoming links will appreciate it immensely and you’ll find that your “friend” counts go up as a result.
Excerpt from Website Magazine.
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