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Building Website Traffic with Yahoo! Answers

One of the things I have been doing lately is using Yahoo! Answers as a way to build traffic to my many websites.

To use Yahoo! Answers you first have to sign up for a free account with them. You can set up your profile and include a

short bio and a list of your websites. You can choose an avatar to represent you and a nickname. As you answer questions you get points and if your answer is chosen as the best answer you get 10 points. There are various levels to their point system that brings you more opportunities for posting. You get points taken away for asking questions which is an interesting way to get people focused on answering the questions. You can find a list of the point system an levels here on Yahoo! Answers.

The biggest thing I have found in using Yahoo! Answers is that it can really help in creating content for you website as you can just watch what people are asking about in your topic area. I have sometimes even built a whole new page just to answer a question.

They do allow you to place your link in the resources box at the end if it is related to the question as outlined in the Yahoo! Answers help section.

The best way to answer questions is to really take your time and provide the best answer and get a reputation and following. People can add you to their contact list and fan list. Here are some other pointers:


*Don't always put a link to your site.
*Put links to other sites and resources.
*Use the posters name in the answer and add your username or real name if you so choose.
*Be the first one to answer the question by signing up for the rss feed in your section. That way you can really keep on top of the questions coming in.
* Put a badge on your website. You can set it up so that you can track your questions or questions that you are interested in that your readers may also be interested.

You can vote on your own answer to make it a 'best answer' but I think the best thing to do is only vote for your own answer if you do really have the best answer. Don't do it just to get points.

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