HOW DOES YAHOO PROFIT from THIS ANSWERS SITE?
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well, put it this way then. \nThis answer site of yahoo has lots and lots of questions from many people about thousands of different topics. May be you think they don't profit anything from us because we use this site for free, they don't get any money from us, but just think about it. Yahoo is a big company which has millions of users all over the world. A company like this will really need to know the personalities and the characteristics of their customers and through these questions and answers, they can easily work out our own characteristics based on the types of questions people ask, the topics each person focuses on, how many times a day/week/month a person logs onto yahoo, how many questions they ask or answer etc... Then based on these databases, they can either develop new programs, products, services or improve the existing products, services for their customers to make existing customers happy and to attract new customers. The more customers yahoo has, the happier are the customers, the better their worldwide reputation is. They can therefore grow even bigger and better, earn more profit. Moreover, other companies in the world might want databases related to topics that are available in "yahoo answers", and because these questions and answers belong to Yahoo, other companies then have to pay a great deal of money to buy it off Yahoo. And if the answers that are bought by that company help the company out in a way, the reputation of yahoo then will become even better. Hence, many other companies will come to Yahoo for business solutions when they need to. That's another huge profit, isn't it ? \nWell, that's what I think. What about you :)
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Yahoo... Google manipulates their search responses based upon ad dollars.  The more you pay the higher in the search you "score".
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I have no idea...the "how it works" section just says "Points and levels help you keep tabs on how active you (and others) are on Yahoo! Answers. You get points for different types of actions, like answering a question. The more points you get, the higher your level."
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See, I think you are onto something here. I've been trying to figure out what this is all about. Why would Yahoo waste their time, energy, and money on this, when they aren't getting anything out of it? I mean, I would expect to at least see some ads, sponsers, links, etc.\n\nThere is a conspiracy here somewhere...
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The usefulness of Yahoo! Answers depends on people answering questions as well as rating answers. To encourage participation and quality answers participants are awarded points for contributing (answering a question, rating a best answer, voting for a best answer, etc).\n\nYour Yahoo! Answers points have no monetary value but as your points increase, you achieve higher “levels” with increased participation privileges. Levels influence how much people can contribute per day. With each higher level, you're allowed to make more contributions per day. (For example: at Level 1, the starting level, you can only ask 5 questions a day. At level 2 you can ask 10 per day).\n\nFor more information on points and to see a list of actions with corresponding values go to:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system
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I would say they profit ......\nI am going to quote (so dont give me best answer) somebody else who came up with a good response : look for search and you get a lot of ads on the right handside of your screen.\n\nY/A is just a business thing like anything else.
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If you setup advertising or an affiliate site you can earn money.\n\nCheck out\n\nhttp://www.linkshare.com\nhttp://www.cj.com\nhttp://www.shareasale.com
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Heres one i went through and I make good money. You dont have to refer anyone or do surveys, read emails, sell. its typing . http://www.webspawner.com/users/enterdataathome/
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You earn points by answering questions (2), visiting the site (1 per day), getting voted best answer (10), getting a  thumbs up for your best answer (1).\n\nWhat can you do with your points?  Ask more questions!  I hope you weren't expecting a cuddly toy!\n\nSorry, I'm assuming you are talking about Y Answers - you chose Careers and Employment category.  Were you thinking of doing this for a living??
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If you are asking what yahoo will "give" you, don't expect a check in the mail.  They do, however, provide you will free email, a decent search service, and numerous other things, Y! Answers being only one of many free services.  They are not in the business of paying people to use their services.
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MyLot is actually a real website, not a fly-by-night operation.  I know only a little about what they actually do, but you can actually make a little (emphasize A LITTLE) money by posting on their message boards and referring other folks to join up.  I think the general idea is that they get money from advertisers and use their message boards as a means of putting eyeballs in front of their sponsors' ads.\n\nClicking on the asker's link or just visiting www.mylot.com WILL NOT get you infected with spyware or open you up to a flood of spam.
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Mostly for bragging rights, but Yahoo! will reward you.\nClick on your points at the top of the page for more information.
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I'm not sure. But upon reading this question I now have the sneaking suspicion that <someone> either gets paid to seed this site with these types of questions, or there is a program that is generating them.\n\nOn the other hand it could be because there is so much good Yahoo! stuff for free that it makes you want to yell Yahoo!
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you can sell on half.com which is a division of ebay..\nand yahoo has auctions as well... auctions.yahoo.com i believe it still works....
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Yahoo!'s purpose: to make money.  I mean honestly, they show us advertisements and we look at them and the advertisers pay Yahoo! money to do it.  Even though Yahoo! Answers is in beta, I suspect we'll see advertising on here pretty soon.\n\nOur purposes: varied.  Some people really want answers, some people want entertainment, some people want to kill time.  Of course it's good to evaluate the answers you get and decide whether they work for you.
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Per per clicks are real, but they DO NOT PAY YOU. You pay them, your website gets more visits, so you make more money.
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Ads and also they are traded on the stock market at a value of more than they are worth. Google and Yahoo do have other ways of making money like charging for different services like Yahoo auctions and Google has banking services.