Yahoo Answers: How He Used It

17 years ago

I would call it spam. Or black hat. Or whatever you may call it. Maybe it is ok if you ask a question that many would be interested in and then provide really high quality answer, but he is just giving a link. This is not what I would like to do.

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Tim Whiston 17 years ago

I can see how this might bother some. But Yahoo does allow multiple user accounts.

If there is no clear term against doing this at Answers it's not "wrong".

At the same time I imagine if this becomes a trend Yahoo will come down on it.
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17 years ago

Hi Tiffany,

I wrote about this in another thread. I do it all the time, though some might see it as "grey hat" or spammy.

I ask a question with the long tail in the subject and in the body.

I then log into a different account and answer my own question with a link to my page where I want the traffic.

I then log back into the account that asked the question and rate my own answer as the best :-)

It works, though I'm sure if Yahoo catches you, you will be banned from Answers. Just use a proxy to do it

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Jeremy Kelsall

17 years ago

Tiffany, Is it considered spammy? I guess that all boils down to what you consider spam

But, if you look around that place you will see a lot of people using the method you described successfully.

I guess the only question is, how many different color hats to do you own?

Originally Posted by TiffanyDow

I found a question on Yahoo Answers about Info Product Killer and answered it (using my review site as the source for traffic, etc - but I gave a good response, too!).

I went back to see who was chosen and realized the asker had two accounts (most likely) and chose his own other account answer that didn't answer in the thread but just put a link and drove traffic to his own domain. LOL

Savvy marketing, I guess! I didn't think of that

See the thread here:

What is the Info Product Killer? - Yahoo! Answers

Is this common?
Would it be considered spammy to do this?
Sound off...

tiff

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PatricKrost

17 years ago

This is a very know black-hat approach, there are some software that aumate this stuff

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DavidSaaf

17 years ago

Originally Posted by PatricKrost

This is a very know black-hat approach, there are some software that aumate this stuff

Yep you are right! I noticed this habit already, in yahoo answers.. and There is an automated software, that makes it easy to use many accounts, and automate the question/answer process.. I do not use it though. And my answers still get a high level rates as the Best Answers

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clint48

17 years ago

Once something like this hits a big forum like this it will not work very long, because so many people start doing it the site owner finds a way to stop it.

Clint

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DavidSaaf

17 years ago

Originally Posted by clint48

Once something like this hits a big forum like this it will not work very long, because so many people start doing it the site owner finds a way to stop it.

Clint

Absolutely!!

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Steve Taylor

17 years ago

Originally Posted by clint48

Once something like this hits a big forum like this it will not work very long, because so many people start doing it the site owner finds a way to stop it.

Clint

Yeah, that trick has been around a long time and it's just a matter of time before Yahoo puts a ban on IP's using there system like that.
Then, you have to use a proxy which are too funky at times.

If you're going to do that approach, you're better off teaming up with a few people and "helping" each other out

-Steve

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TiffanyLambert

17 years ago

He's ranking high in the SERPs for info product killer using this one. It worked whatever he did!

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Jesus Perez

17 years ago

This cannot be stopped if the person does it intelligently. If IP's constantly change and no patterns emerge, Yahoo cannot detect it.

Now, if you only have 2 accounts, and they keep replying to each other....good luck.

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Jesus Perez

17 years ago

For those of you that are curious. The first software that did this was AnswerSniper. It was replicated by AnswerEye.

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nicholasb

17 years ago

I wouldn't consider it spam because someone asked about the product and he just sent them to his review site. If no one asked about the product and he was just posting it randomly all over the place then I would consider it spam.

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ExRat 17 years ago

Hi Tiff,

Like your Guerrilla style

{How she used it}
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Pete Egeler

17 years ago

Originally Posted by nicholasb

I wouldn't consider it spam because someone asked about the product and he just sent them to his review site. If no one asked about the product and he was just posting it randomly all over the place then I would consider it spam.

You were asleep again, weren't you??

The "someone" that asked the question and the "someone" that answered the question are the same person!

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affiliateppc

17 years ago

Another way to do it. It's untraceable :-)

You have 10 questions you want to ask

Go to eLance and pay 10 different people $2 each to post the question

Pay 10 other people $2 each to post the answers to those questions

The askers must now rate the answers from your guys as the best.

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Jason Moffatt

17 years ago

Heck, 90% of all other marketing material is fake, total BS, or outright lies and I see this as no different.

Same old same old.

People only use these type of strategies because they SUCK at actually selling and being transparent. They have to result in duping people with lies, BS, and other attempts of trickery.

This along with all the other lame tactics don't surprise me. It's pretty much par for the course for sub par marketers.

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affiliateppc

17 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Moffatt

People only use these type of strategies because they SUCK at actually selling

That's another way to look at at. I make use of this strategy. Does that mean I SUCK at actually selling? Well, if I look at my figures for the past 30 days, nope, I sell pretty darn good :-)

Mabey not transparent, that doesn't bother me much. If you'll lose sleep over it, don't do it.

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MaskedMarketer

17 years ago

Originally Posted by clint48

Once something like this hits a big forum like this it will not work very long, because so many people start doing it the site owner finds a way to stop it.

Clint

This method has been around for a while and is nothing new. Their will always be ways to make this method work, but making it profitable is the tricky part.

Originally Posted by Jason Moffatt

People only use these type of strategies because they SUCK at actually selling and being transparent. They have to result in duping people with lies, BS, and other attempts of trickery.

This along with all the other lame tactics don't surprise me. It's pretty much par for the course for sub par marketers.

The fact that people use yahoo answers to get traffic as a method does not mean they suck at selling. If people are lying- then thats different.

How is doing that any different then what the guru's teach about going to forums, and using a different name to promote your product? Its not.

And I wouldn't call most "gurus" sub par marketers as some of them make a lot of money and are good people...

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Emailrevealer

17 years ago

Hmmm...interesting. I only visit yahoo answers about once a month and search and answer questions. My answers get chosen as best about 50% of the time but I bet if I were to ask and answer my own questions I could get that % up to about 80 or 90% depending on my mood at the time....

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Spike SpiegelIM

17 years ago

Hmm interesting way to use Yahoo Answers.. The process gotta be automated or the very least involves outsourcing. And yeah it's very black hat-y..

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Mary Gallivan

17 years ago

Hi

I suppose another way round it, rather than pay elance, is to JV with someone. You give best answer for their replies and they give best answer for your replies.

Now why didn't I think of that before? !

I was trying to find a way round it without the risk of getting banned as I use Yahoo Answers a lot.

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Mary

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MeTellYou

17 years ago

I don't think it's a very good idea... I mean it will get caught sooner or later. kind of a waste of time. seba

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