I was looking though some things over at BlogCatalog and ran across a link for Qassia and signed up. The site is in beta but it looks like its going to be a nice directory.
The idea is to earn credits by referring other members, add intel, and screen other members. The site also speaks of having unlimited backlinks for everypeice of intel you add, so there is an opportunity to get a lot of backlinks to your site. These credits give your site a better ranking.
Sense the site is in beta you will need to follow a referral to join. You can sign up here and test it out. I’m going to give it a try and post back some more information when I figure out how the whole thing works, and see how smooth the Beta goes.
Here is some information from the Qassia site:
About Qassia
Qassia is a credit-driven intelligence engine coupled to a cascading tag-based web directory. What exactly does this mean? It means that Qassia will change your life.
Good stuff your websites will like
At Qassia, you can add your websites for free, and without having to add reciprocal backlinks. You’ll get unlimited quality backlinks (as opposed to “no-follow” backlinks). You can also add intel. Short for “intelligence”, intel is a tidbit of information. Qassia rewards users who add intel in three ways.
Backlinks You get one backlink for every piece of intel you add. Every intel will carry a direct backlink to one of your sites. So the more intel you add, the more backlinks you get.
Credit When you add intel, you also get credit, in the form of Qassia dollars. Your net worth in Qassia dollars determines how well your websites rank in our directory.
Revenue When your intel is displayed, you get 100% of the advertising revenue generated by that page. That is not a typo, by the way: we give you ALL of the gross ad revenue.
This means that website owners have triple incentive to contribute intel. The contributed intel will allow Qassia to become a vast repository of intelligence, with unrivalled original content. And a vast amount of original content draws traffic like honey draws ants.
You can read more at the Qassia About page or FAQ.
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By MarketingDeviant on Jan 15, 2008
Is this like squidoo? I’m pretty confused about the intel part.
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By Jason on Jan 16, 2008
I took a look at squidoo. I would have to say yes they look kinda similar.
Intel is just information that you add to the site, like a post.