Like some here, I have experienced GREAT results as a result of my blogging efforts here on AR.
Yhank You AR Gods!!
But for the life of me, I could not figure out why Yahoo hated me so much. Page 1 on Google and page 10+ for the very same search terms on Yahoo.
Well, I don't know if I gained too much ground(around page 3 and 4 for two of my search terms) but I did find a little linkback love on a Yahoo Owned site!!!!
It's Yahoo Answers!! http://answers.yahoo.com/
Here is how it works: You create an account and get to answer questions sorted by category. So, every few days, I go out and answer a few questions. I have noticed some hits with Google Analytics. I hang around in the mortgage area and it doesn't really take too much of my time.
DallasLoanGuy <= My Profile. On a Yahoo Owned Website with a Pagerank of 3..... Not bad for free.
DallasLoanGuy.com originates Texas Home Loans and specializes in running EVERY file through Automated Underwriting because I truly believe that EVERY loan file deserves the efforts of 'no stone goes unturned' in looking for the best deal.
Tom Burris
DallasLoanGuy.com
Dallas, TX
"A Home Loan For Every Texan"
Interesting post! I am going to check out Yahoo Answers right now. Congratulations on the Page 1 rank on Google!
P.S. I love the dancing banana!
Hey Maribeth!!
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks, feel free to steal the Banana.... i did!!
Tom, I went to the yahoo answer page and it knew me as I aleady use yahoo, that's my shopping email address. Are you linking your website anywhere? I don't do near as good in Yahoo as Google. For some reason when I do good in one I don't in the other.
Thanks for bringing our attention to this. I had noticed this Answers section in Yahoo before -- I think it was after one of their revamps. But I noticed that when I searched for subjects at Yahoo that these answers kept popping up.
Good idea!
Marchel: I have a profile that allows me to put in my website
Jefferson: Yes, people can read you answers.... could bring in a lead.
Kate: You aren't supposed to put links in answers. The spammers do that, and I flag them. But your profile accepts a link back to your website.
oh, I get it. So the purpose is to answer questions as an expert and have more information about you in your profile.
Interesting - I'll have to check out how that works.
Is your profile the same one that you have attached to your Yahoo email address? Can you have more than one profile?
Tom - I'm new to AR and appreciate the tip. I'll run over to Yahoo today to see about your idea.
Thanks!
Kate: Umm, heck, I don't know. I don't get all of that Yahoo stuff. I guess it is the same ID but I am not sure the profile travels to other platforms.
Michael: You are welcome.
Hi Tom,
Great post and lots of great information. I will go and check it out and see if I can figure out how to do it. Thanks.
Thank you Candy
Good luck!!
Great idea, Tom! Thanks for sharing. I am looking into this for sure.