Are You Tired Of Using Free Traffic Generation Methods That Don’t Work And Wasting Your Valuable Time?
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YAHOO! ANSWERS TRAFFIC GUIDE
One of the easiest ways to generate traffic to your website is
often one of the most overlooked methods as well, Yahoo
Answers. Not only is it a simplified method of driving
targeted traffic to your site, it is also absolutely free to use.
This strategy will be broken down for you in a step-by-step
format, making it easy for you to incorporate this technique
into your own marketing efforts. You’ll quickly discover just
how incredibly powerful this tactic is when you begin to
analyze your traffic and see just how much Yahoo Answers is
directing your way.
And for those who might be wondering whether Yahoo
Answers has a large enough user base to yield a worthwhile
response, here is what Yahoo Answers has to say:
With more than 21 million unique users in the U.S.
and 90 million worldwide, Yahoo! Answers is the
largest knowledge-sharing community on the Web.
Is that big enough for you? If so, let’s get started!
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Step One: Open a Yahoo Answers Account
You will need a Yahoo Answers account to be able to answer
open questions. To create your account visit:
http://answers.yahoo.com
You will be able to create your account using your current
Yahoo messenger account if you already have an ID:
Step Two: Complete Your Profile
Once you have created a Yahoo Answers account and are
logged in, you will be able to create or edit your profile. You
should take a few minutes to fill out as much as information
as you would like to share and then save your information.
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You can choose to allow Yahoo Answer members to contact
you via messenger, or keep this information private. You can
also enable “email contact” if you would like to receive
comments via email, or you can choose to disable all contact
other than through the questions that you answer.
When you edit your profile it is recommended that you add a
photo or customize an avatar. It’s important to brand
yourself and this is an easy way to make your profile more
memorable as your photo will appear within your answers.
Step Three: Familiarize Yourself With Yahoo Answers
From the main Yahoo Answers page you will see categories
listed on the left hand side. This is where questions are
posted and grouped according to their subject matter. This
is also where you will go when choosing the different types
of questions that you would like to answer, and depending
on the niche markets that you are involved in, you might
find yourself answering a variety of questions from different
categories and groups.
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Before you start answering questions you should have an
idea of what you plan to promote. That way you can find
questions that are relevant to the website that you wish to
advertise via the Yahoo Answers website. Each time you
answer a question, you can include a “SOURCE” in a
secondary box that accompanies your response. This is an
easy way to promote your websites and direct people to find
out more information about the topic of their question.
You should also browse previously answered questions so
that you can get a feel for the way other people have
answered and addressed different questions, paying
attention to those answers that were selected as being the
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“TOP” response.
As you begin answering questions, you may run into a series
of questions that are no longer open. Here is a breakdown
of the life cycle of a question from the time it is first posted:
Questions that are “Resolved” are typically closed from
receiving future follow ups while questions that are marked
“Undecided” have not yet received a “TOP” vote.
Questions are open for only four days but the original
poster can extend the period for a few extra days or if a
question has been resolved, they can close it before that
time period has ended.
It’s important to answer questions as thoroughly as you can
and avoid spamming your websites within your answers. In
fact, there are few times where including your website URL
within the answer is acceptable at all. If those viewing your
response feel that it is spam you will not receive votes and
your answer may be removed entirely. Therefore, you
should try to keep your websites within the “Source” box
only. Those who liked your answer are likely to follow your
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link to find out more especially if you are careful to answer
questions that pertain to your niche market.
Start Promoting!
Due to the large number of people answering questions
every minute of the day, it is important that you are quick
when responding to open questions. As mentioned above,
you must also do your best to answer the question as
thoroughly as possible and be sure to address the person
who posted the question by name (whenever possible).
This has been known to increase your chances of being
voted as “best answer” since the original poster feels that
you are taking your time to address them personally.
Quick Tip: There is a built in spell checker available. Use it
whenever possible to minimize spelling errors.
Remember that the ultimate goal is to be selected as the
best answer (Top Answer) because the more often you are
selected the more exposure your answer, profile and website
will receive.
The Points System
As a member of Yahoo Answers you will earn points for each
question that you answer. You will also discover that there
are limits on the number of questions that you can answer
each day until you build up your levels.
Here is a breakdown of the different levels that you can
reach depending on the amount of points you receive every
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day. (For the first week you will be focusing on building up
your levels so that you can answer more questions by
increasing your daily limit. Those who reach Level 4 can
answer an unlimited number of questions every day.
When you start out you begin at Level 1. You are able to
answer 20 questions every day at this level. In the first
day it is possible for you to earn 140+ points by answering
20 questions and you will earn more for every answer that is
selected as the ‘top choice’.
You will be able to view your Points and Level on the main
page of Yahoo Answers (on the right hand side) under your
name:
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Here is an overview of how the points are accumulated.
When you begin answering questions you should focus on
targeting your main niche until your levels increase and
you are able to answer as many questions as you like. That
way, you can start driving traffic to your site right away,
despite being limited to only 20 questions a day.
Locating Specific Niche Related Questions
To find niche-specific questions that are still open for
answering, click on the “Advanced Search” link to get
started. You will find this at the top of the Yahoo Answers
website once you are logged in.
Once you have loaded up the Advanced Search page you will
be able to enter in keywords that are relevant to your niche
market. You can also minimize any time wasted by being
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certain to only search for questions that are still open for
answering.
Enter in you’re a specific keyword that best describes your
niche and set the “Keyword Match” to “Questions” as you
are searching for questions to answer right away.
Next, choose “ALL” when selecting your categories as
sometimes questions may appear throughout different
groups.
Be sure to filter out the questions so that you are searching
only for questions in your primary language unless you are
able to understand and respond in alternative languages.
And finally be sure to set the status of your search so that it
generates a list of “Open Questions” only. There is no
sense in searching for questions that have been resolved (or
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are closed) from receiving additional responses.
Once you have completed this step you will generate a
search results page that includes multiple un-answered
questions found using your keyword(s).
In my example search, I requested the search engine to find
open questions relating to “Wordpress”.
Here is what was found:
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By targeting the keyword “Wordpress”, 52 un-answered
questions are available to me.
To begin answering questions, simply click on the links to
load up the “Question and Answer” page.
By answering questions that target my niche market and
including a website that provides additional information
about the question that I am answering I can easily
generate traffic to my site in a few minutes, the time it takes
for me to successfully answer the question. Even if my
answer does not end up being chosen as the “top” answer, I
can still generate traffic just by using the “Source” box.
Remember as well that Yahoo is the most popular search
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engine, outranking even Google.
By answering recent questions rather than digging through
older ones you are ensuring that your website receives
traffic not only from the Yahoo Answer center (and those
who view your answer from within that section) but also
from the Yahoo search engine as well!
Quick Tips To Top Traffic
Tip #1: Focus on answering recent questions, posted within
the first three hours.
Tip #2: Always post a relevant website link in the Source
box using a URL that sounds similar to the topic.
(example: If I was answering a question regarding weight
loss, I would create a landing page specific to that niche and
include it in the source box:
yourdomain.com/weight_loss_tips.html)
Tip #3: Answer questions as thoroughly as you can. The
more specific you are with your answers, the better chance
you have of being selected as the top choice.
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Tip #4: After your limits are raised and you are able to
answer more questions each day, start answering questions
regardless of when they were posted (older ones are fine at
this point). Every answer you submit will be included in
Yahoo’s search engine results page regardless of how old the
original question was.
Tip #5: Be sure to include your keyword (that you are
optimizing for) in your answer as best as you can. You can
also add your URL (using a href tag) but if you do this
incorrectly and your answer reeks of spam, you will not be
chosen as the top answer and in some cases your answer
may be removed completely.
Tip #6: It isn’t just Yahoo’s search engine that will pick up
your answers (and links). Google may also spider your
answers and give you credit for a back-link to be sure to
answer as many questions as you can each day, until you
reach your limit.
Tip #7: Stick with it. Building an impressive portfolio and
developing your back-links takes time but if you 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.
The more effort you put into answering questions thoroughly
and being chosen as the top answer the more traffic your
website will receive. Always keep this mind when you are
answering questions.
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While quantity is important, so is quality!
Tip #8: Since you are answering questions across a variety
of categories and niche markets, be sure that you know
enough about the subject to provide a helpful response.
If you answer a question incorrectly, your credibility will
wear down. It is important that you focus on answering
questions relating to topics that you are familiar with. If you
are unsure about a question take a few minutes to research
the correct answer before posting. It is not possible to edit
your answers once they are published!
There have been times where I was unsure of the correct
answer to a question but I was slowly getting involved in the
niche and wanted to direct people to a landing page where I
was showcasing a product via an affiliate link. I took a few
minutes to search out the answer and posted it, only after I
was certain it was correct. It resulted in my answer being
selected as the “Best Answer” and a nice comment from the
original poster:
And one word of caution; Once you begin to receive positive
ratings and feedback you’ll find Yahoo Answers quite
addictive! 
Tip #9: Don’t underestimate the power of custom landing
pages. Instead of directing people to the main page of your
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website, creating specific pages where you can lead people
to find out more information, while sticking to the topic or
subject that you are answering. This way you will avoid
confusing your visitors who are simply looking for additional
information about specific topics.
Tip#10: Points & More Points
You will receive points for answering questions (2 points per
answer), 10 points for being selected as the best answer and
an additional point for every answer you vote on. When you
are building your levels it is important to collect as many
points as you can so by voting on answers submitted by
other people you are able to generate more points quickly,
however you must be a LEVEL 2 to be able to vote on
answers, so do your best to get to that level as soon as
possible.
As you begin to earn points and answer more questions, you
will become a top contributor and a badge will appear near
your avatar picture. Once you are a top contributor you will
be selected more often as the “best answer” and more
people will view your answers, profile and your websites.
Use The Answers To Build Your Website
As a Yahoo Answers contributor you will begin to see a
pattern emerge where the same types of questions are
being asked over and over again. This is a great way to
learn about the current topics that people are interested in
and if you are clever enough to see the value in this, you
can utilize these topics to create interesting blog posts that
will capture attention and receive comments.
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You can take it a step further and write articles based on the
questions that you review. Submit these articles to
EzineArticles.com and other directories to generate even
more traffic. It’s an easy way to research various niche
markets and see just what people are interested in or
needing help with!
To make things easier, you can choose to keep track of
specific questions that you plan to address by clicking on the
“SAVE” option under each question. You can save it to your
RSS feeder or to your private watch-list.
Be The First, Every Time
One quick technique that will help you answer more
questions before others is to subscribe to the RSS feed
available through Yahoo!. You will receive a listing of
recently asked questions that are still open and available to
be answered, and best of all, these questions will be related
to your chosen niche markets!
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Here’s how to set this up:
Go to the “Advanced Search” page as discussed earlier.
Search for your specific keywords (primary ones that best
describe your niche) and view the results page from your
search.
At the very bottom of the page in the left hand corner, you
will see the option to add that search query in your RSS
reader, as shown below:
Once you have added this feed to your RSS reader, you will
receive updates of new questions relating to your niche
market (based on the keywords you just entered).
This makes it easy to be the first to answer new questions!
Repeat this process selecting keywords for each niche
market that you are involved in and wish to receive
notifications of.
Daily Tasks:
Every day, log into your Yahoo Answers account and view
the open questions from the different categories or use the
advanced tool to search for more specific questions based on
keywords.
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Answer the questions that are posted via the feeds.
Build landing pages that you can include in the source box
with every question that you answer. Once you have
designed a landing page for each niche market, you will
always have a place to refer people to based on the subject
of the question you are answering.
You should also take the time to create multiple pages for
each niche so that if you answer a lot of questions in the
same category you can direct your traffic to various places
on your website. Writing articles relating to the niches that
you are involved in is the best way to generate traffic and
continue to address different topics on your website.
One easy way to categorize your articles or create new
topics on your website for different questions you answer is
by installing a WordPress blog and organizing topics into
groups. This way whenever you answer a new question or
you find that certain questions are continuously asked, you
can create a category on your blog for these specific topics
in the event that your blog covers a wide variety of topics.
Tip: Purchase a domain that is generic, so that you can
create a multi-topic blog. This will make it easier to direct
people to the same website without having to create
multiple blogs or purchasing multiple domain names.
Create A Yahoo Swipe File
By creating a swipe file of previously answered questions
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you will be able to cut and paste your answers and cover
more ground. Be sure to modify your answers whenever
required so that the person posting the question believes
you have answered it exclusively for them.
While this is a time-saver and a method used by a lot of
Yahoo Answers marketers, be careful not to simply paste the
same answer repeatedly. Every question is different and you
need to ensure that you modify to your answer or change it
up a bit from time to time, depending on the nature of the
question.
Cover Multiple Niche Markets Easily
If you are involved in multiple niche markets, you might
benefit from creating multiple Yahoo Answer accounts. This
will also help you answer more questions each day under
different accounts while building up levels on all of them.
By creating multiple Yahoo Answer accounts you can also
create different characters, (men/woman, parents, single
men, divorced, etc) which will lend credibility when you are
answering questions in different categories.
Yahoo Answers allows multiple accounts so you don’t have
to worry about breaking any rules, however voting for your
own answers or point gaming is not allowed.
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To make sure that you are familiar with the rules, you
should read the Community Guidelines overview:
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines.php
In the meantime, have fun with Yahoo Answers. It can be a
very enjoyable and rewarding experience and an easy way
to generate targeted traffic to your website. Just be sure to
log in every day and build up your levels. The quicker you
reach a level where you are able to answer an unlimited
number of questions the more exposure you will receive.
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Additional Resources:
If Yahoo Answers isn’t enough for you, here are a few other
communities that you may enjoy:
Answer Bag: http://www.answerbag.com
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