Hi, I have been writing here for about a month and am looking for ways to increase traffic. I read somewhere that answering on Yahoo Answers and posting a link to a relevant hub can be a good way to increase traffic.
Does this actually work that well? I'd be really interested in hearing people's opinions on this...
Thanks!
You will get lot of traffic from YA if your link hub matches to the question.. but later some day you will be reported spam and your account will be deleted..
But no worry, you can again create an id and continue..
because they are not sharing any revenue with you..
ya .many people do this way and get couple of sales through them too.Make sure the site is really full of good information.
This is one of the many options you have. I find that Yahoo Answers pages rank well in Google search.
Be sure to give the best answer.
Be careful backlinking there. I got banned. I only answered 4 questions, and provided what I thought were relevant answers. I think someone with points reported me, and the big Y sided with them because I had my backlinks along with my answers. The links were also relevant to the answers though. It's not like I went into the cooking questions, and posted a link on how to fix your car.
It was probably their automated spam filter. If you post more than two or three questions with the same link, you'll get a 999 error and won't be able to post any more answers for a while.
I have found this same irrational (and often unfair) temperamentality on both Y! Answers and myLot. Both can and do erase/delete/disable (ban) users and their accounts for rather arbitrary reasons, including posting the wrong viewpoint in certain political fora - at least that's how it was during the Bush (II) administration.
And when Y!Answers says "suspended" - which implies a period of time which eventually ends and at which point full use/privileges are restored - they actually mean "banned". And off-site (email/"contact us") appeals to review the situation results in the form-response of "your situation has been reviewed" that goes on to say tough luck, pal.
Anyway, that has been my experience on both those sites.
-stan
It's not irrational at all. These sites must have mechanisms to protect against spammers and the only practical solution is to make them automated. For automated systems, some rules have to be set and those rules inevitably catch some people who are not spamming.
That said, anyone who posts reply after reply with the same link IS spamming so they're being caught legitimately.
I guess you just have to know the 4 link trick, so you don't get banned.
Well, first, I hope you don't think I was a spammer. I wasn't. My crime was being a liberal.
On my "irrational" comment. I'd agree with you but for the fact that I made several subsequent (and always civil) efforts to resolve it. Surely the automated mechanisms are an imperfect but necessary tool. But, they should serve only as a filter through which a spammer wouldn't bother to follow through with an inquiry to support staff.
And, such staff could verify legitimacy quite easily by a confirmation email.
I don't fault the measures. I fault their being used indiscriminantly, and that legitimate users/posters/writers do not have any recourse to fix errors on Y!'s part.
-stan
Stan, that assumes these sites are adequately staffed to allow manual intervention - and they're probably not. After all, why should they bother - the odd mistakenly banned user is soon replaced by someone else.
I had a level 3 or 4 account on YA! that had an extremely high best answer % like 70%!
One day, i pointed out that 3 or 4 answer on an affiliate marketing related question led directly to pay for info ebooks that were total crap, I said it nicely with links to free resources that were not mine as examples of better options
The next day, my YA! account was suspended, i received a response from Yahoo china? and was denied and banned.
I still get traffic from that accounts answers. So no real loss.
I know now that the ansers I pointed out were all most likely the same user with multiple accounts who flagged me from all of them.
I dont have time anymore for that method of promotion but I do have 5 or 6 level 2 accounts that I use occassionally...thats the best method, backlink according to niche, leave helpful responses and dont rock the boat since your main goal is probably just to get a few backlinks anyway
on a more personal level,YA! really makes me doubt the future of mankind..the intelligence level there is dismal
A trick that a lot of marketers use there (and you see in the forums here on weekends) is ask a question with Account A, than answer with your other account (account B) linking to your article or site, use account a to vote account B's answer as best.
Now that sites like hubpages exist, that share revenue with users, i hope and expect all the models like myspace and YA! that just take from their users will be decimated by smart marketers forcing changes in policy or revenue share copycats to replace them
particularly YA!, I much prefer answer sites that have actual "experts" that have proven their knowledge
Thanks to everyone who wrote in with opinions.. I do have a level 2 account with YA and think I will just be extra careful and not go overboard.. seems like even using it at all to post links could cause my account to be shut down but I guess it's a risk I'm willing to take.
PurpleOne, I post links all the time (I don't bother answering a question unless I can get a link in there somewhere!) but I do mix it up, and I always make sure I give a decent answer first.
I've seen some traffic from there; but my approach is to go there once in a while and answer a few questions (when I have nothing else to do). Over time, I've built up lots of answers that don't have links. Sometimes I'll then go in, look for the most common subjects (about things like toddlers or toilet training) and post a couple of links. It's not mass traffic or mass posting; but I think it's pretty clear my account isn't about spamming. (I've often posted links to things like expert resources/organizations, too, so I'm not just posting my own links.)
I have never personally answered a question on Yahoo, however, some people have answered questions linking to my pages. And, I do receive a nice amount of traffic from them. It is always nice when someone else thinks my pages are informative enough to be posted in their answer.
Also posts in Y! Answers, at level 2, and some 21% for best answers. It gives me traffic, although google is my main traffic source. Got suspended too, for a while, but still posts there when I have time and no hubs to publish...and still getting best answers. The thing is, even if not always best, people will still click on it. And some google search shows yahoo questions (and your answers) too, so like sunforged said, no losses really.
by Et al... 15 years ago
Is it ethically ok to go look for undecided questions in the Yahoo Answers forum that relate to my hubs, then answer the question and give them a link to my hub? Does anyone else do this?
by Bill Manning 11 years ago
OK I know a lot about links, but somehow I can't make a damn link to turn into a live hyperlink in Yahoo answers! I've done it both ways; just typing in the plain URL, and also using the full a href= code.None of them work. Do you have to post enough before they let your links be live or something?
by Faith Reaper 8 years ago
I apologize, but it seems a "Best" answer was chosen on my question when I did not choose it. I hope the HP Team can help me or someone can inform me why that happened! I noticed it via my phone and I knew that I did not choose an answer and I was not going to do so any time...
by creativeMind 16 years ago
Hi everyone,What would have been the outcome if yahoo answers was revenue sharing site?
by RealityBomb 14 years ago
Does anyone here use Yahoo! Answers to earn their hubs some traffic? I've been a member of Yahoo! answers for almost three years and I know you can only get away with very relavent links but that shouldn't be a proplem.
by LarasMama 15 years ago
Just wondering if anyone here uses Y!Answers as a traffic source - it's a nofollow link but if you've ever googled a question you'll see there's nearly always a Y~Answer near the top of the first page. Meaning that when people view that page chances are they'll click that link. Good idea or not...
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |