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There are 2 factors that determine what order your listing appears in: 1. When your listing was created, and 2. When you last updated your listing. The dates are placed in a formula that calculates a "priority rank" for your listing. The list is then sorted from largest priority rank to smallest.

The longer you have had a listing on findAtutor.ca, the higher potential priority rank for your listing. However, there is a slight preference given to the last update date, so newer listings may appear before older listing if the older listing has not been updated.

To maximize your priority rank and appear as close to the top as possible, it is important to regularily update your listing.

The list on findAtutor.ca is dynamic. Each time a search is done, the list provided is based on the status of all the listings at the time of the request. Your position in the list will depend not only on your status, but the status of all the other tutors in the list compared to you. Some of the factors which will cause other tutors to move before you on the list include updating their listing after neglecting it for a long time, changing their status from "not accepting new students" to "accepting new students" or changing the area they are listed in.

We want clients to find current listings on findAtutor.ca. It's frustrating calling tutors that aren't as advertised because their information has gone stale. Even though the information you have submitted is still current, we don't know that unless your listing has been updated. We want to reward those that are being active in trying to solicit students. By weighting the listings by the last update, we give preference to those who have taken the time to update their listing to keep it current.

We want to provide a quality listing service on findAtutor.ca, when students and parents find a tutor with only a couple of calls, they'll recommend the service to others, improving the service for everyone.

About once a month is recommended. Of course if any information changes, you should update your listing as soon as possible. We do not force tutors to update listings, only provide incentive in the listing order to encourage regular updating, so you can update as often as you like.

It is possible that after updating, your listing does not change position. Your position depends on the calculation using your signup date and your last update date. If you recently signed up or updated, the number calculated will not change very much. If all the other tutors keep their listings up to date, again it isn't likely your position will change. Even though your position may not change, updating does help maintain your position.