Get more Youtube views by using Yahoo! Answers

The other day I came across this blog article that does a great job of running through the basics of how to use Yahoo Answers to drive traffic back to your blog, but felt I could give some additional tips for how you can use the service specifically for promoting Youtube videos.

Plug links to your videos to answer questions

I've tried the tactic myself and found it to be fairly effective at promoting sites where my content is embedded, so I know it can work.

You will have competitors attempt to flag your responses as "spam" but if you are chosen as the Best Answer by the person who opened the question you will get the top spot on the page.

I like to use the shortened URLs for articles on Yahoo Answers!, using a service like the one Google offers. It tends to make the article look tidier and more attractive to users, especially if your video URLs are massively long because they are connected to playlists.

Unfortunately back-links from Yahoo Answers! are nofollow tagged so they don't add link juice but search engines still use links from the service for determining authority, which does help your rankings in the search engines.

One thing I'd suggest doing is make a video response to common questions people ask on Yahoo Answers! and then post the video URL as an answer to every open question where that answer applies.


Note that Yahoo Answers! won't make it terribly easy for you to start off as a new user. All brand new accounts begin at level 1 and any links you place won't become clickable backlinks; people will need to copy and paste the urls to see your content.

However once you gain about 250 points you'll be made a Level 2 user and all links you have ever posted as an answer will become click-able backlinks.

The most important value of using Yahoo Answers! is you'll get a tiny amount of authority ranking of your videos to search engines, and your answer will be seen by other people searching the site for answers to a similar question. Occasionally Yahoo Answers! posts become the top Google or Bing search result for a common question.

Lastly, you can also help your answers rank higher in search engines by plugging them in your Squidoo articles or using a service like Netleeks, both are services I've written about in previous articles.

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