Very Interesting New Beta Program

One of the main things we want to do as bloggers and publishers of information is to create a network of links leading back to our sites. The Web 2.0 social thing has certainly created an initially interesting opportunity to do that, but that was a secondary benefit to the social sites’ primary intent.

Now there are new sites popping up all the time that are far more sophisticated versions of the original ideas. Some of these sites incorporate even better incentives to participate by rewarding great content and excellent ideas with backlinks and traffic to your site (blog).

I just discovered one of these yesterday and wanted to let you know about it.

It’s called Qassia.com and they seem to be up and coming on the scene. I’m going to test it out for the next 3-4 weeks and see how it goes. I’ll post the results back here.

If you want to sign up, you can only get an account from someone who already has one.

Here’s my beta Qassia signup link that should work. If it doesn’t, it means they stopped letting new people in for now and you should just check back next month when it will probably go live.

From their FAQ:

What exactly is Qassia?
Qassia is a site to which you can add your websites. You can also add your knowledge, in the form of tidbits of information called “intel”. The more intel you add, the better your sites will rank, the more backlinks you get, and the more money you make.

Qassia is 100 percent free, and does not require reciprocal links. You can get unlimited quality backlinks to your websites from Qassia.

Also, here’s what you’re NOT allowed to do and this is why I think they may stand a good chance of doing well:

What You Should NOT Do:

Do not add intel about your website or product.
New users will typically start off by adding intel about their own website, in the following vein: This amazing website/product offers blablabla and has lots of cool stuff and info and blablabla. It was launched on whenever and gets lots of visitors, and there is some stuff you will find useful. Check it out! This is basically an advertisement. An advertisement is a form of information, and therefore allowed, but it won’t help you much.

Do not add poetry, short stories, jokes, or other creative writing.
We allow poetry and short stories and other creative writing because, technically, it is information. And we do not want to ban poetry because there is a thin dividing line between opinion, essay, lyrical writing, and poetry. However, passing your poetry off as intel is not a good idea if you want to promote your websites effectively, because most users do not appreciate poetry, and neither do the search engines.

Let me know if the signup link doesn’t work as well.

I’ve only gotten started, but it seems like Qassia could be a big player in the coming months.

We shall see.

Have an excellent Friday,

-Zack

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed! 5 Responses to “” Andy Bailey Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 3:47 pm

it looks like an interesting site but with so many social networking types of sites, I rarely have time to remember which one to keep visiting! maybe it’s best to find one and stick to it?

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Zack Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 10:13 pm

Hey Andy, I’m also feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of new sites like this showing up now. I think you’re right to just pick a few top ones and focus on them. I rely almost completely on advice from other folks I trust to steer me toward the good ones. Jack Humphrey over at Friday Traffic Report mentioned this one, by the way . . . he’s usually spot on with these sorts of things so I figured I’d add just one more site to my towering list

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