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How To Market On Yahoo Answers And Get Tons of Traffic, FREE!
Posted April 8, 2008 
Comments(50) Want to get tons of quality visitors from Yahoo Answers without spending a dime? If so, you’ve come to the right place.
Last month I mentioned the $97 Answer Sniper software, along with why I’m not buying it. (Be sure to read that post and the comments, some idiot stopped by and left like 5 dumb, yet amusing, comments.)
Anyway, since people are totally missing the point I was trying to make, I’m writing another post specifically about how you can market on Yahoo Answers legitimately and easily, without spending a dime. (BTW, the whole point is that you don’t need to buy $97 software to do this.)
(Step 0 – register for a free Yahoo Answers account and/or link your Yahoo email address to a Y! Answers account.)
Step 1: Pick a topic.
First, decide where you should market. You’ll want to pick the topics you know about, i.e. ones that relate to your site. If you were John Chow, you might pick the “Dining Out” category. (Categories and subcategories are listed in the menu on the left side of the page.)
Step 2: Get the RSS feeds.
Now that you have chosen a good category or subcategory, scroll down below the category listings and look for the “Save to My Web” box. At the bottom right of that box, you’ll see a green RSS icon.
Click that RSS link and subscribe to the feed using a free feed reader such as Google Reader. This will allow you to keep abreast of all the new questions in your chosen category, in one place.
You can also find RSS feeds for keywords. Just search for the term, scroll to the bottom of the results, and click the RSS button down there.
(Be sure to repeat this step for each topic you want to monitor.)
Step 3: Read the feed.
In just two steps you have set-up a free monitoring system for Yahoo Answers. Now you just need to open your feed reader each day and look for questions that suit you.
When you see a good question that you can answer, simply click the title and the page will open in your browser window.
Step 4: Answer the question.
This is simple – Click the blue “Answer this Question” button.
The trick is to be first and provide a great answer. Being first is usually pretty hard, as there are so many people logged-in at all hours. (Not even Answer Sniper software can change that.)
So be sure to provide a quality answer each time. That way, even if you’re not first, you’re still the best.
Step 5: Promote.
Here’s the trick… throwing in some self-promotion without spamming.
If you are answering something in a category you know about, your answer probably relates to a page on your site. If it does, list that page URL in the “Source” box below your answer. Then people who liked your answer will probably click through to learn more.
Step 6: Check your stats.
After you have posted some answers, wait a few days and then check your stats to see if you’re getting any visitors. I use Google Analytics and it shows that Yahoo Answers traffic comes in frequently and stays a while. Woo-hoo!
There you have it, a simple guide to getting free traffic from Yahoo Answers. And you didn’t have to spend a dime.
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