Frequently Asked Questions
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| What exactly is Qondio?
| | Qondio is a network for folks who a... |
Qondio is a network for folks who are engaged in Internet business. Since this usually involves promoting a website, Qondio is designed from the ground up to help you promote your website. Every time you share information or a link, you get exposure for your website. You can also do other things, such as build your list, or network.
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Is Qondio a social network?
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Social networks are not specifically designed to the help you make a living on the web. Qondio is a network for netrepreneurs. When you share useful or interesting stuff with your friends, you get a tangible benefit in the form of signatures, anchor text, Reward Points, and so on. Qondio has been designed from the ground up to be netrepreneur friendly.
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What can Qondio do for me?
| | Qondio helps you promote your websi... |
Qondio helps you promote your websites, at every turn. Launched in 2008 as Qassia, Qondio's original purpose was to help users publicize their websites. But it has grown into so much more. You can now get backlinks from unlimited websites via IntelMart, for example.
There's more. Write a good article, add it to Qondio, and it will perform spectacularly well in the search engines. To do the same on your own website, you'd have to spend years building it up. You can also grow your online marketing business, by garnering followers and subscribers.
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What is LocustID?
| | It is a login system, an ID you can... |
It is a login system, an ID you can use to get into Qondio and other sites. It is not owned by Qondio. It is a service used by Qondio. LocustID takes care of the messy business of managing users email addresses and passwords, and logging users in. With a LocustID account you can login to Qondio just by clicking on the Qondio logo at LocustID.
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What do you mean with "intel"?
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Intel, short for intelligence, is what we call any chunk of information. Intel is added to Qondio in the form of posts, which are somewhat similar to blog posts. Intel is our word for article.
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What kind of intel can I add?
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You can add any kind of information you want, as long as it is original (i.e. never before seen on any page on the web). You might want to upload information about a person, or a place. Neither have to be famous. Or you might want to share your knowledge about a device, a plant, or an animal. Perhaps you know about news or an event - something that happened. If it's information, and previously unpublished, you can add it to Qondio.
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Does the intel I add have to be related to my website?
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No, you can have a website about chess and add intel about cheese. You can have a website about rabbits and add intel about the gossip in your office. It makes no difference.
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Will my intel be edited?
| | No, the only one who can touch your... |
No, the only one who can touch your intel is you.
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Can I add images and videos to my intel?
| | Images, yes. You can add up to 25 i... |
Images, yes. You can add up to 25 images per intel. Images are not resized.
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What is a screening?
| | Screening is the review of intel by... |
Screening is the review of intel by a fixed number of users, prior to publishing, during which the intel may be rated, but also rejected. You are free to add any type of intel, but we don't want total garbage (for example intel composed entirely of keywords instead of sentences) getting into our index. That's why we have a screening system.
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How does the screening process work?
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When you upload intel, it is not published right away. It has to be screened by a set number of users. After the intel has been screened, it is either published or rejected. After intel is published, users can continue to rate (but not reject) the intel as long as it is available.
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How does the score assigned during screening affect intel?
| | Intel with higher scores will make ... |
Intel with higher scores will make it to the list of Top Intel and rank better in Qascade, our directory.
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Do I get Reward Points for screening other people's intel?
| | Yes. The exact amount depends on th... |
Yes. The exact amount depends on the length of the intel.
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How can my websites get exposure and traffic at Qondio?
| | See the Qondio Success Guide. |
See the Qondio Success Guide.
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How will users access the intel at Qondio?
| | Intel is published under your profi... |
Intel is published under your profile subdomain as well as Qascade, and the Archive.
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What exactly is Qascade?
| | It's something we've developed. It'... |
It's something we've developed. It's a directory, but based on cascading tags rather than categories. On the landing page, you have the most popular tags. Click on a tag, and you then get the 20 most popular tags that also have the first tag. And so on.
Browse through Qascade, or find out why it's a revolutionary concept.
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Will Qondio crawl my websites?
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Yes, but not to index their content. We crawl your sites to make sure they're still up and functional. This ensures we carry no dead links, and as such remain in good standing with the search engines.
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How do I refresh my screenshot?
| | For instructions on how to refresh ... |
For instructions on how to refresh your screenshot, login, go to your Dashboard, and under Websites look for Refresh Screenshots.
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What exactly are "Reward Points"?
| | Reward Points are a measure of your... |
Reward Points are a measure of your industry - the more you contribute to Qondio, the more Reward Points you get.
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How can I earn Reward Points?
| | By adding content to Qondio, by scr... |
By adding content to Qondio, by screening content contributed by other users, or by reporting rogue users. See
this page.
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What's the point of earning Reward Points?
| | The more Reward Points you have, th... |
The more Reward Points you have, the better your websites will rank in Qascade, our directory, and in search.
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How does Qondio make money?
| | We carry advertising on the landing... |
We carry advertising on the landing page of our site, and when navigation or search results are displayed.
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What do you mean with "ad revenue sharing"?
| | When advertising displayed next to ... |
When advertising displayed next to your user page or content you have contributed generates income, that money goes to you. We have by far the best
ad revenue sharing plan on the Internet.
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How much can I earn from ad revenue sharing?
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It depends on the number of your intel, the average quality of your intel, and which type of ads you run. To make a living from
ad revenue sharing, you would need thousands of intel, so don't expect too much. If you have about a hundred good quality intel, you should be getting
a handy amount each month.
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