25 February 2008
How to get a number one ranking in Google in 1 hour
I love Yahoo Answers. Not only is it a great source of entertainment, but it can actually be really helpful if you want to know something quickly or want other people’s opinions on pretty much anything. The game element of trying to improve your level (I’m only level 2 at the moment so a long way to go before I become an Ambassador) is also fun and keeps me returning everyday.
Besides being fun, Yahoo Answers can also be a useful tool to leverage your search marketing and SEO. I have often seen questions and answers appearing in the search results but have only just realised how often Google is actually crawling and indexing content from Yahoo Answers. In fact I don’t think it stops!
I was working on something for a client this morning and wanted to quickly know whether “Buxton” is located in the East or West Midlands. So I asked the question in Yahoo Answers. I got the answer I needed in record time (and with low effort required on my part). Later on in Google, I noticed the following result:
Forget about the fact that I asked this question In the Canadian version of Answers, what’s amazing is that Google had already indexed and ranked my question and answer – just a few hours later.
So why does Google love Yahoo Answers so much?
- It’s fresh – Due to it’s nature, YA is probably one of the most frequently updated websites on the net
- When a site is constantly updated this encourages Google to visit more often to re-index
- It’s a useful information resource that people love
This is yet more evidence that User Generated content continues to be popular on the web and it’s a great way to build a massive information rich site without actually writing anything yourself.
