Yahoo answers is one of highest traffic social network website on internet. They are showing tremendous growth and are becoming stronger and stronger day by day. Good thing about yahoo Answers is that they are having lots of authority is search engines and thus rank really well on all search engines specially Google and Yahoo.
It is a big knowledge sharing network where we can ask questions and answer the questions asked by other users with more than 21 million unique users in US only and more than 90 million users worldwide. Yahoo answer use points and level system to reward their users. Don’t forget to read Yahoo Answers terms and conditions before joining them.
Yahoo Answers Point System
For evey answer that you attempt, you will be awarded 2 points and you will be awarded 10 points if your answer is chosen as the best answer in the community. Here is Yahoo Answers complete point table:
Actions Points
First start participating on Yahoo Answers 100
When we ask a question -5
Choosing the best answer for my asked question 3
No best answer was chosen by voters on your question 5
Answering a question 2
Deleting a question asked by you -2
Sign into Yahoo Answer daily 1
Voting for a best answer 1
When your answer is selected best answer 10
Any of your question removed due to violation -10
yahoo Answers has a level system (level 1 to level 7) where they keep track of activities and we keep on getting higher and higher in level system with the questions we answer. As we go high in level system, we keep becomes stronger and our power to answer number of questions in a day increases. Here is how level system works and our powers with each level system
Level Points Questions Answers Votes
1 1 – 249 5 20 20
2 250 – 999 10 40 40
3 1,000 – 2,499 15 60 60
4 2,500 – 4,999 20 80 80
5 5,000 – 9,999 – unlimited 80
6 10,000 – 24,999 – unlimited 100
7 25,000+ – unlimited 100
Chose a Niche
Before start thinking of making money online with Yahoo answer, you should identify a niche you are most interested in and have some expertise. If you like, you can create a product around your expertise and sell that. And if you don’t want to create a product of your own, you can still make money online by promoting other people products. Pick a product of your expertise from any of affiliate site and answer questions about this product or related questions will help you make some money from Yahoo Answers.
Yahoo Answers profile
Once are finished with product selection you want to promote, its time to create a profile on Yahoo Answers. You should include maximum details about you and your website/blog with your interests and expertise in your profile and also chose a good looking Avatar for you on Yahoo Answers.
Yahoo Answers Traffic & Money
The real key to making money with Yahoo answer is gaining some level of credibility which you can gain by giving answers to the best of your ability and by being active in the community. So chose a category or questions related to your product or niche and start gaining credibility by giving relevant answers. You should remain polite and answer those questions only you have answers. You can get spam flag and even your account can be banned if you try to spam in Yahoo answer community or give irrelevant answer to the asked questions. You can include a link to your website or product within your answer body or in the resource section if that page contains more details about the question being asked and please don’t try to place a link to your website just for advertising purpose. Try to find questions that are focused about a problem that can be solved by your website or product you are offering and answer questions with a clear and useful solution.
You can even add a link to your website product or service page where more details about that service or product are available. And on your website, you can add links or banners for the product or service with your affiliate ID from where the product can actually be purchased. This way you can make as much money you want with yahoo Answers depending upon your knowledge about your niche and your answer giving skills.