06-02-2007, 09:54 AM
Quote:Yahoo Answers can basically do what the social bookmarking sites or network sites do which is branding, link juice (Answers does use No Follow), and drive traffic to your website.
By helping your target customer base answer questions about their purchasing decisions, Yahoo Answers is an excellent opportunity for building trust and recognition amongst your target market...
full article: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/yahoo...edia/5028/
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Quote:By utilizing the categories in Yahoo Answers, a site owner can use the content and knowledge available via their site or research to actively answer questions which are being asked within Yahoo Answers and not only will such participation build that expert recognition, but also possible traffic, links and sales.
Each Yahoo Answers form comes with a section for listing web sites as references to the answer. These direct links do include a NoFollow attribute, which makes it more difficult for search engines to use those links as part of their link popularity ranking algorithms, but that does not stop people from following these links.
In fact, these links are shown to result in referring traffic to the sites of those users who answer with in depth and accurate answers...
full article: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/marke...wers/4509/