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I have been reading a lot lately that people say this is an excellent way to get back links, although I just answered a couple questions and placed my URL in the resource box, and it did not appear as a link. I tried HTML, and that didn't work either. Is creating it as a link possible, or only as text?

Does anyone know.

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This thread is from 2009 and the specific platform mechanics discussed here no longer apply: Yahoo Answers was shut down in 2021. For a quick timeline and context see Yahoo Answers - Wikipedia.

For anyone working similar channels today, focus on current Q&A communities (Quora, Stack Exchange sites, Reddit, niche forums) and treat them as a content and outreach channel rather than a strict backlink source. Before posting, read each site’s help/FAQ so you know where profile links or resource fields are allowed and how the community treats self-promotion. Build a short, useful profile that contains your URL and headline value, then spend most of the answer delivering a complete solution — only add a single, clearly explained link when it genuinely helps.

Practical checklist:

  • Use a landing page designed to convert visitors from Q&A answers (content upgrade, short form) instead of dumping users straight on a homepage.
  • Track referrals with UTM parameters, for example ?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=qa, to measure which answers actually send visitors and convert.
  • If a link doesn’t display, test in a sandbox account or check the site’s moderation rules; many communities sanitize or moderate links automatically.
  • Don’t repost the same link across many answers — that flags as spam. Repurpose standout answers into blog posts or guides that can earn natural editorial links.

Notes tying back to this thread: ’s point about using dedicated source fields is still useful advice today; and were right to flag the importance of reading site rules; and /’s emphasis on audience fit is the best practice — relevance and quality drive real value from Q&A activity.

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Member Avatar for InsightsDigital

I have posted links under the sources and not in the answer itself. It worked before for me. I loved Yahoo Answers, especially for cooking advice.

Member Avatar for DansMuayThaiMMA

I posted in both places and the links are not showing... hhhhmmmmmm

Member Avatar for bettsnirvana

Hmm, although yahoo answer is good for getting backlinks, i dont think it was give benefit to google for it was a no follow site.

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Hmm, although yahoo answer is good for getting backlinks, i dont think it was give benefit to google for it was a no follow site.

Just because it is No-Follow doesn't mean you don't get any SEO advantage. Besides Yahoo answers give you a lot of targeted traffic. That's very useful to sites that promote affiliate products.

Member Avatar for quicktpgo

as far as I know, yahoo answer are no follow
but they don't delete your resource box if your answer related to question. Ps.Yahoo have good PR and Good indexing so it will make traffic for you.
why not give it a shoot ?

Member Avatar for ithelp

Yahoo will allow you to post live link only when you reach level 2 :-(
and on top of it the links are nofollow , yahoo also penalizes your website if you get too many no follow back links .

Member Avatar for itlnoor

I have been reading a lot lately that people say this is an excellent way to get back links, although I just answered a couple questions and placed my URL in the resource box, and it did not appear as a link. I tried HTML, and that didn't work either. Is creating it as a link possible, or only as text?

Does anyone know.

Yahoo answer is a place to receive traffic. Backlinks?? well no. Yahoo answers follow a no follow tag mostly. I have been lucky to receive some links from yahoo answers though I answered more than 1000 answers.
I still consider it as a great option to improve traffic directly. It does not influence search engines.

Member Avatar for DansMuayThaiMMA

Thanks for all the answers guys. The level 2 thing makes sense now, because I am only level 1 right now.

Member Avatar for philoutsource09

Just try to copy and paste the URL of your site or to make it easy the address of your site found on the address bar paste it and you do have that link. No more html codes needed to have that link!

Member Avatar for InsightsDigital

I never knew about level two until now. I am in level two of Yahoo Answers and I think Yahoo Answers is a great way to outreach.

Member Avatar for Flower

Yahoo answer is really a effective and helpful resource for increasing the traffic for the website or promoting any product.

Member Avatar for mackone

Yeah... you should be in level 2. Yahoo says that Level 1 users will no longer be able to include active links in their answers. You can still include a URL, but it won’t appear as an active link. As the Yahoo blog post says, this is a small but significant change.

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