The Rob Somerville video in English can be viewed here.
"Help someone else and get targeted traffic and a reciprocal link” - this would be the motto of Yahoo! Answers if the service were promoted among webmasters.
Because Yahoo! Answers is an appendage of Yahoo !, it enjoys prestige among the search engines and therefore ranks high enough for low-competitive queries. In addition, a huge amount of traffic passes through Yahoo! Answers every day. with a backward link in a popular topic and a certain part of it is provided to you. Moreover, it’s not just This is target traffic , which is easier to monetize than search traffic.
If you do not have a Yahoo! account, sign up (you can use the same account for Flickr and other Yahoo! ) and log in.
First of all, you need to find a question that matches your key phrase. Take our hackneyed “speed reading” and drive it into the search field.
Now, to narrow the search, click the "Advanced”
button and select the “Open Questions” option. These are the questions where the author has not yet had time to choose the best answer.
Now press the “Search” button and see the results.
Here is one of the questions:
If you have something to answer, answer.
In the text, mention the key phrase once or twice. This will help the answer rise in the issue Search engines.
Here you can insert a link to your blog or to a partner’s selling site (not always).
You can also insert a link directly into response text using .a href ./a. tags, but according to Rob, Yahoo! does not always skip such answers. But to the links in the “Know Your Source” section is ok.
Of course, you cannot know for sure whether your answer will be recognized as the best, but if your message helps a person solve a problem, your chances will greatly increase. You can also go through the questions where the best answer has already been selected, and write your answer with a link. This will also have a certain effect.
How much time does Yahoo! Answers are up to you. For a start, you can limit yourself to 1-2 hours every 2-3 days. Then look at the results.