What is the most spammed category in Yahoo Answers?
I notice a lot of spam in this section. It will follow this format:
Question: "Guys do you like this website (link)?"
Body: "Take a look do you think it’s useful?"
(A few suckers will click, not realizing that there isn’t a question but the asker just wanted you to click and buy something on the site).
Answer: "If you want to make money go here (link)/ref?=333" or "Go to my blog for more (blogspot link)".
The referral link means you sign up under them for the program and you make them money. Their blog likely has a bunch of Google Adsense ads that you click and they profit.
Anyway, I think it could be Advertising and Marketing, or the Career section with 500 people asking per second "How can I make money online?" What do you think? People are getting sneaky about it!
Polls and Survey, which is a magnet / haven for frivolous stuff. YA was smart to put in that category — it keeps other categories pretty clean.
Other than that, I think the LGBT Cultures group gets spammed a lot — though, I’d categorize it more as trolling.
Overall I have to agree – this category sees the most referral link / affiliate crap out there. Especially by the users with 0 points, 0% authority, yet 6 questions….
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I see alot of "Am I pregnant" questions…
If your that concerned get off the internet and get a pregnancy test!!
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A lot of the people who post questions in this section wouldn’t be able to get the information they are asking for without hiring a consultant or paying a fee otherwise. Some professionals (myself included) post the information for free, but include a link to our websites as a means of marketing to offset the time we spend answering questions without compensation.
Another thing to consider is that sometimes links posted really are just links to resources that could be helpful. I’ve posted links in the past to websites that offer me no compensation for referring people to them, but I know the website will help whoever is asking the question.
Neither of the above scenarios fall under the category of spam. It’s just good business sense.
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Polls and Survey, which is a magnet / haven for frivolous stuff. YA was smart to put in that category — it keeps other categories pretty clean.
Other than that, I think the LGBT Cultures group gets spammed a lot — though, I’d categorize it more as trolling.
Overall I have to agree – this category sees the most referral link / affiliate crap out there. Especially by the users with 0 points, 0% authority, yet 6 questions….
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