How does Yahoo Answers sort their answers?

Is yahoo performing some sort of maintenance? we have trouble loading it, and have just accessed Y!Answers.?

• We have 2 machines and Y! is sort of working on one, though barely and often without images. And we have FireFox and IE on both. We cannot access our Y!Mail, and cannot reach any sort of tech support. Most other sites load without any problems, so we found through Google that similar problems have been reported by people 7 months ago. The whole mess started a few days ago, but only occasionally--today it culminated. We uninstalled IE, and some recent Windows XP updates (as suggested on some sites), but that doesn't seem to do the trick. The biggest problem is, there's no way to figure out what's the problem (and no, our Simantec Virus Scan reports no threats). So, heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!

• Answer:

  Yahoo might be working on your Mail Server. 1. Log into Yahoo through a different country's server. I.e. if you usually log into Yahoo via http://login.yahoo.com/ then try http://login.korea.yahoo.com/ or http://login.europe.yahoo.com/. 2. If you use a proxy server then try turning it off. 3. If you're using a dial-up modem or some other access method that results in you using a dynamic IP address, try disconnecting from the Internet and waiting a few minutes and then reconnecting. 4. Access your Yahoo mailbox via http://wap.oa.yahoo.com/. 5. Use a different browser. Use Firefox if you use IE. 6. If you have a web accelerator then try turning it off.