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? asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo Answers · 6 years ago

My answers are not showing if I am putting any URL there?

Update:

Why my answers not showing if I am using any website url however if I give simple answers it shows to everyone.

Do yahoo restrict me for giving recommendations or putting urls in reply?

Update 2:

The example you given was 3 months old now its not showing any link however I post wiki link or any other site links not for promotion but for helping person to see more details.

How can I ask this from Yahoo Q/A moderation team about to solve this?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Your answers are showing when you post links e.g. when you post a wikipedia link https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150...

    However when you are posting answers to promote a certain website (or group of) repeatedly then they can indeed be picked up by the filters that Yahoo have in place to delete spammers.

    Looking at your answers, although you are posting custom answers, looking at the content and the age of the questions it seems that your interest is picking up questions in which you can promote your personal website and that's why it's being hidden.

    To be honest it's rare for anyone who is interested in answering to actually check their answers when not logged in (or logged in with another account). However people interested in spamming their website on Yahoo Answers (as that's what it is essentially) will of course want to verify that their links made it to the quesiton successfully and analyse which links are working/not. Again this indicates that your sole interest is getting those links out there and quite frankly that is not the purpose of this site. Users here dislike spammers and the majority are happy to report spam when they see it.

    Therefore if you are looking to promote your website then Yahoo Answers is no longer a good place to do so and you would be best off looking elsewhere.

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