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haz asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 9 years ago

Helpppp!!!! How can i get to the next level on Yahoo answers and how can i get plenty of pointssssss???

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  • gZ
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Hi !

    Steps

    1.Answer questions you know best. If you know you're great a mathematics, stay in that section! You wouldn't go to Health if you didn't know much about that subject.

    2.Don't ask a lot of questions. Asking a lot of questions costs 5 points and deducts your points in your account.

    3.When the questions you answered are put in voting section in your profile, go to those questions. In those questions, you see the "Choose as Best Answer" button below the users' answers. You are allowed to vote yourself. To do this, click the "Vote as Best Answer" button (on top of the thumbs up/down buttons).

    4.Always be the first person to answer a question with best adequate information. Askers like to see someone supporting their answers with details. This is an easier way to receive a best answer since it is the first one they read.

    Tips

    Reach the daily limit of answering questions and voting answers when you are between Level 1 and 4 (full chart located on Sources and Citations).

    You don't have to follow the steps like above. You can ask some questions everyday to get answers.

    Answerers with the quickest typing speed and mastering knowledge in certain categories have higher chances of answering a lot of questions and getting best answers.

    Adding details is optional. You might get the best answers without arriving your answer with details.

    Give the most informative answer you can. You will most likely get a Best Answer if you do. Site your sources, give websites that might help, use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

    Passing this community guidelines quiz will give you 20 points-http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines...

    Save three searches in your profile,you will earn 20 points.

    If you have nothing to answer,you can earn points by voting for best answers.

    Warnings

    Don't answer questions with unnecessary or unrelated details. Yahoo! Staff will ban you or deduct points for doing this.

    Don't make false reports on someone. You lose a lot of support from the Yahoo! Team.

    Don't ask "chatting" questions (for example, "Can I have a chat with you?"). This violates the community guidelines.

    More people in Yahoo! Answers get too addicted to this forum website. This wastes their time to do some activities, so don't be like those people.

    Don't violate community guidelines because you'll end up losing points or your account, depending on the offense.

    Don't stay up too long online. This is not healthy for your eyes, posture, and body. Take some rest!

    Don't be too competitive about earning points. Yahoo! Answers is not a game.

    Avoid Polls & Surveys and Jokes & Riddles, and other "easy" categories. They often give random best answers, and is not an effective way to earn points. It might even lower your Best Answer percentage.

    Don't create additional accounts, especially for your benefit to gain more points! This goes against the Yahoo! Answers community guidelines, and may even suspend you if they catch you red-handed. Better not to risk it.

    Don't give pointless and/or useless answers to gain points, such as, "I don't know" or "Google it." Not only will others give you a thumbs down, but you're also not likely to get Best Answer, and your answer may even be deleted if reported. This is also called "trolling."

    Do not beg others to choose you as Best Answer. This seems too desperate, and others may just ignore you just because you pleaded for the 10 points.

    This is how you earn and lose points:

    You gain points by…

    -Logging in every day: - 1 point

    -Answering to your daily limit : -2 points per answer

    -Resolving all of your open questions : - :3 points

    -Voting to your daily limit 1 point per vote

    -Making sure that you're answers can be picked as best

    : - 10 points, plus up to fifty points for thumbs-ups

    You lose points by…

    -Asking questions : -5 points per question

    -Having a question removed by Y!A due to violating the guidelines : -10 points

    -Deleting an answer : -2 points

    -Having an appeal denied : -10 points

    -Having an answer reported or removed : -2 points

    http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system

    Also, to get 40 points for doing very little, you can:

    Read the community guidelines and take the pop quiz: http://answers.yahoo.com/info/community_guidelines... (20 points)

    Fill out the form and create 3 'saved searches' here: http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_advance;_yl... (20 points)

    Hope This Help !

  • 9 years ago

    You get points by answering and voting. You must also limit your questions. The points and levels are shown under the ABOUT tab above. There is no "quick" way to do it.

  • Ryan
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    stop asking questions, answer as many questions as you can a day. Try to give good answers so you can get best answer

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