Yahoo! Buzz is an extension of Yahoo! that uncovers the most remarkable and timely content from websites across the Internet. We pull in the hottest stories from a broad assortment of Web publishers throughout the day, and we give you the chance to be an editor by voting (“buzzing”) stories up or down, submitting them to Buzz in the first place, and having a conversation around them via commenting.

For each story that you see on Yahoo! Buzz, we develop a ranking. That story’s ranking is based on things like the number of votes it receives on Buzz, the number of comments it receives on Buzz, the popularity of related search terms on Yahoo! Search, and the number of times that content is shared with friends over email from Buzz. Higher ranked stories are featured more prominently on the homepage of Buzz and within our category pages.

The highest ranked Buzz story might be featured on the Yahoo! homepage, the Web’s most popular starting point.

What are you waiting for? Start voting, commenting, and submitting today!