What is 'Top Contributor' status and how do I achieve it ?

The more you answer in a particular category, and the more Best Answers you get (not the percentage) the more likely you are to get a "top contributor" badge next to your name, up to 3 categories. Levels, and points have nothing to do with it. I have it for answering in Yahoo 360 and Yahoo Answers categories, neither of which am I on the leaderboard, but I have been answering alot of questions in these categories recently. I do lead the category DIY and I do not have "top contributor" for that category, but I haven't answered much in that one for a while.

Here's the link to the latest blog entry from the A-Team explaining, in a little more detail, "Top Contributors".

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-d8pH0dcoRKeB12yOcnU...

You have to achieve many Best Answers in certain categories. Look at the Top 10 Answers in every category and it will give you an idea of how far you have to go to become a Top Contributor

Apparently it's given to people who give a lot of good advice in a particular category. Some people stay in one category all the time and answer questions.

Myself, I like to move from place to place, you know, change it up, see what else is out there.

You can't have varied interests, you have to stay in one category. You must got a lot of Best Answers, which means the asker must like your answer, so, really, askers determine whether or not you get a TC. Your answer could be the best, but if the asker doesn't like it, too bad. That one who answered that it's the number of best answers and not the percentage is not correct since I have several hundred best answers, but my percentage is low.

I think you have to answer lots of questions on a certain subject.

answer lots of questions and get lots of top answers!