Using Qassia: An Intelligent Decision? - Adding Intel
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You can add intel by clicking on a link from your dashboard, but you don't immediately get a screen at which you can just start typing in information. You'll have to scroll down to it, and before you reach it you'll have to go through several steps that help you understand what kind of intel you can add, and guide you in classifying it. Intel must be in English, comprised of sentences, non-pornographic, and not about Qassia. It also must not violate copyright.
The next thing you need to specify is the nature of your intel. Is it original unpublished intel, created specifically for Qassia? If so, you will receive 40-100 Qassia dollars, depending on the length of the intel, plus 0-300 Qassia dollars depending on its rating. Are you the author of the content, but previously published it on your own blog or web site? You'll receive half as much for it. Finally, for third-party articles, where you have bought the rights for an article written by someone else or the copyright owner has specifically permitted redistribution, you will get no Qassia dollars. You're still permitted to add it, but by not giving you credit with Qassia dollars, Qassia discourages this kind of content.
Next you specify a channel for the intel. Channels fall into two categories: Intelligence and Creative Work. Creative work is actual creative content, such as images, videos, music, fiction, etc. Intelligence is information, analysis, advice, opinion or commentary about something. Qassia links to examples if you're confused. You can write about people, organizations, places, events, disciplines (such as SEO), and the like.
After this we reach the details, which you're likely to recognize and breeze through. First you need to give your intel a title; pick one that is short and tells what your intel is about so it will do well in the search engines. Then you add relevant geographical tags; if you're writing about a local restaurant, for example, you'd add tags for where it's located, separated by commas (ex: Plantation, Florida, United States). Next you add topical tags - anything except place names (ex.: restaurant, sushi).
Next you specify the back link. Which web page do you want to get credit for this intel? This link will be displayed whenever this intel is viewed or referenced, and it will be a "dofollow" link. If you do not specify, Qassia will use your own Qassia profile page as the link. You can also assign credit to a site that is not in your list of sites - so if you want a friend with a web site to get a dofollow link for your intel, you can do that too.
Finally, we get to the box where you put your intel. But even after you put your intel in that box, we're not quite done yet. You can add external links for reference purposes. These links will be nofollow links, and you can add up to ten of them. For example, say you did an intel where you compared three of your local sushi restaurants. You can add links in this section to the web sites of each of these restaurants, to help readers who may want to check them out.
You can also add images - up to 25 per intel. And you can caption each image. If your thing is photography, and you decided to do an intel that explains a particular photographic technique, you're in very good shape here. If you have a web site that sells your photographs and promotes your photography lessons, you'll definitely want to use this kind of intel with a dofollow link to your site.
I'm up to the last three items involved in adding intel: comments, copyright, and contributor's note. You can switch comments on or off. If you switch them on, users can leave public comments on your intel. You can manage comments on your intel through your dashboard, so you're not totally at the mercy of the mob. With copyright, you can choose between the default All Rights Reserved, Creative Commons, GNU Free Documentation License, and Public Domain. If you choose "public domain," Qassia notes, anyone can legally duplicate your work - so go with all rights reserved when in doubt. Finally, you can add a contributor's note, which will be attached to your intel. This is a good option to take if you're using a Creative Commons license, because there are several different kinds, and a contributor's note will give you a chance to specify which rights you're keeping and which permissions you are granting.
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