FREE Market Research from Yahoo! Answers
Posted on July 26, 2007
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Looking at my blog history here, I realize that I am not going to win any blogging awards for Q1/Q2 of 2007. I am setting a record today with three posts, knowing that I will likely do little blogging in August, as I relocate to Mesa, AZ. It’s been a challenging year for my wife and I as she has been suffering for nearly all of this year with adrenal fatigue. The good news is that she continues to improve, and we expect a full recovery as we relocate to a reduced stress environment where we have the family support that we do not have here.
So, on to the post.
Do you know how to get FREE market research from Yahoo! Answers? I picked up on the fact that people tend to ask the same questions over and over within certain categories (lots of questions with regard to Internet Marketing and SEO). SEO stuff aside, what you need to do is go to Yahoo! Answers, find the category that relates to your field, and see what questions people are answering. Look for trends (and you will certainly find them).
Next, you need to offer the solution, but not directly as that will violate Yahoo! Answers TOS. What you need to do is offer the solution from somewhere on your website or blog and as you give your answer, cite the web site or blog as the source. Now, Yahoo may figure this out and get rid of the source field, but enjoy it while it lasts. I have seen reasonable traffic come from Yahoo! Answers with minimal effort and have even had people contact me directly through my web site to follow up.
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enjoy.. grew up at mesa country club as a kid.. it’s beautiful there.
We got married at a Country Club in Chandler, but Mesa is closer to work, church, and friends. So far, so good. Perhaps I will get my golf game back now.
Is there anyone who is paid to monitor all posts in Yahoo Answers? I wonder how Yahoo could keep its site clean from garbage comments.
@ Webhost - Sorry for the delay. The Yahoo Answers community is moderated by those who participate in it. It’s not a perfect system, but if you see anything shady, you can click to report it. The down side is that people can do that to any reply whether it is breaking the rules or not.