5 Great Reasons to Love WebAnswers

Web Answers is marketed as a place to share your knowledge. Even better, you are invited to answer questions and earn money. Fantastic! They had me hooked, so I opened an account and got answering. It's been all good, I earn more at Web Answers than I do here at HubPages. But I have found that it's not all about the money (but naturally, that helps!).

Here are my top five reasons for loving Web Answers.

As I mentioned, I have made more money with Web Answers than with HubPages or with any of my other online ventures. It's not a lot of money, but it is enough to make it worth my while. I put in around an hour a day and that's enough to ensure that the pennies keep rolling into my Adsense account. From what I have read, some members put a lot of time into the site and they are making a significant sum, though like a great many other sites, earnings have been hit since the "Panda" changes.

The money you earn at Web Answers is from Google Ads, so you need an Adsense account. You get money when people click on "your" adverts. The more active you are on the site, the more adverts you will get.

Like any money making venture, Web Answers will earn you more the more you work at it. There are also a few guidelines to follow for being successful at Web Answers. These aren't tricky, but they will ensure that your efforts are rewarded.

I find Web Answers inspirational! If you are having difficultly thinking of a subject for your next article, log in to Web Answers. Often you will find a question, do some research to answer it and realise that actually, with a little more work, this would make a great article. As you have already done some research, you already have the bones of your article, you just need to flesh it out.

You can also gauge how successful topics will be from Web Answers. If you answer a question and it gets lots of views, you know that this is a good subject to write about. One of my most successful articles here on HubPages started out as an answer on Web Answers. The hub ranks high on Google and consequently gets daily traffic. I don't know who asked the question, but I am glad I answered it!

Generally I stick to categories in which I am already fairly knowledgeable. However, to provide a quality answer, or just to learn about a subject that interests me, I will do some research. Not a tonne of it, as that isn't an effective use of time, but enough to satisfy both the curiosity of the questioner and myself.

Through researching for Web Answers I am building my knowledge of my subject areas and branching out into new topics that interest me. This is great not only for my forays into online writing, but also just for my own self development. Far more rewarding that watching TV all evening!

As online writers we are always seeking an audience. Some of us may be trying to establish our "brand" or our reputation. Web Answers can help you do that. Unfortunately, they don't allow you to use backlinks or add your website to your profile. However, if you use your online identity for your Web Answers profile, you can still increase your exposure. You will also establish yourself as an expert in your chosen subject area.

Of course, this works two ways. Be careful you don't destroy your credibility by launching yourself into a new area in which you know nothing about. It may be tempting to try to answer questions in the more profitable subject areas like Finance & Investing, but unless you are prepared to do some serious research on topics that aren't already in your field of expertise, you may end up looking rather foolish.

Some days you just don't feel like writing or you just can't think of what to write. The classic advice for writer's block is to "just write something". The theory goes that if you can just start writing, you will find your flow. Great advice, but it's just finding that "something" that is difficult to overcome. Web Answers provides the solution.

The questions on Web Answers provide you with a ready made subject on which to write, and there are literally thousands of questions from which to choose. You even have a "starter sentence" - just do what your English teacher always advised and start your answer by mirroring the question. Voila! You have started to write, block overcome.

... Web Answers is fun! Find out for yourself, join Web Answers, earn some money and spread your knowledge.