Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers blog

Here at Yahoo! Answers we use badges to designate the different types of members participating in the Yahoo! Answers community. As you might see them about, we though it would only be fair to offer an explanation of the different types and their meaning:

• An Official badge indicates that the identity of a community member asking or answering questions on Yahoo! Answers has been verified by a member of the Yahoo! Answers Team. This helps us distinguish our celebrity, professional, and sponsor participants within the Yahoo! Answers community.
• The Staff badge displays when members of the Yahoo! Answers Team or other Yahoo! staff members officially ask and answer questions on Yahoo! Answers.
• The Top Contributor badge is used to recognize a member of the Answers community who has shown that they are knowledgeable in a particular category. The top contributor badge is dynamic, which means that you earn it or lose it depending on your recent participation in a particular category. To learn more about Top Contributors, please review Top Contributor help.
• A Knowledge Partner is an official expert sharing their knowledge on Answers.

Now, let us show you a couple of examples:

• Staff: that’s us, the UK & Ireland Answers team.
• Official: this is Seann William Scott’s profile.
• Knowledge Partner: this is Enquire’s profile.

Obviously Top Contributor’s badges come and go, so it’s a little pointless linking to one of them, so all that leaves us to do is to wish you good luck to become the next Top Contributor in your favorite category!

– Yahoo! Answers team