Using NQ.com™ |
| Frequently asked questions about NQ.com™. |
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| Question: What does NQ stand for? |
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| Solution: NQ stands for Nexus Quotient. It is a measurement of how well connected you are to the rest of the world. NQ.com allows you to discover, organize and participate with your Nexus out to six degrees of separation. |
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| Question: How do I register for NQ.com™? |
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| Solution: From the NQ.com home page, click on the "Free Trial" link. On the next page enter your email address and a link will be sent to you that will bring you back to NQ.com web site where you can view your Webdentity™ and register. This method is used to insure your privacy by making sure that only you can use your email address when registering. |
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| Question: What is a Webdentity™ |
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| Solution: Everyone who uses the Web has a Webdentity™. It is how you are portrayed on the web. NQ.com acts as aggregator of this public information for your benefit. Using NQ.com™ you can enhance your Webdentity™ with tags and links and share them with your network. |
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| Question: Who can see my Webdentity™? |
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| Solution: Your Webdentity™ is only visible to users of NQ.com™ that already have an email relationship with you. |
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| Question: How do I claim my Webdentity™ |
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| Solution: If someone you know is using NQ.com™, chances are you have a Webdentity™ that can be claimed. To claim your Webdentity™ you need to follow the "Claim your Webdentity™" link that you received in your invite email, or simply sign up from the NQ.com™ home page. NQ.com™ is free to use. |
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| Question: How do I discover my Nexus? |
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| Solution: Your Nexus contains all of your relationships out to six (6) degrees of separation. NQ.com™ makes discovering your Nexus simple and automatic. If you are a user of Microsoft Outlook® or Outlook Express® all you need to do is download the NQ Wizard™. Once installed, the NQ Wizard™ automatically maintains your Nexus for you on NQ.com. Remember, only you can see the relationships in your Nexus. |
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| Question: What is a Tag? |
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| Solution: Tags are used by people in your Nexus to organize relationships by the things that they have in common. NQ.com™ features a number of Tag categories including a private category which can be seen only by you. Use Tags to organize, search, and share links with people in your Nexus. |
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| Question: How do I Tag? |
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| Solution: Everyone in your Nexus has a Webdentity™, which includes Tags posted by NQ.com™ users. The “add a tag” link on the NQ.com search results pages allows you to Tag anyone in your Nexus and others to Tag you. Tags are only visible to NQ.com™ users who know each other. |
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| Question: Can I make a private Tag? |
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| Solution: Yes. NQ.com™ features a Private category. Tags added in the Private category are only visible by the person who posted the Tag. |
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| Question: Why should I Tag? |
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| Solution: The more you Tag, the more organized your Nexus becomes. This makes it easier for you to find and share with the people in you know. Tags are also used by NQ.com to feed you Internet content that is relevant to you and the people you know. And remember, tagging is a collaborative effort that benefits everyone you know using NQ.com™. |
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| Question: What are Links? |
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| Solution: A Link is any valid URL. NQ.com™ allows people to share links with other people in their Nexus. |
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| Question: How do I share a Link? |
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| Solution: The NQ.com™ Search Results page features a “Share a Link” button at the bottom of the page. Use this button to share a Link with one or more of the selected people on the Search Results page. The Link is sent to the selected people in an email addressed from you. |
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| Question: Who can see shared Links? |
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| Solution: Links are can be publicly or privately. Public Links and are added to the NQ.com™ Feed and can be seen by other NQ.com™ users in your Nexus. Private Links are not added to the NQ.com™ and can only be seen by the people you selected when sharing the link. |
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| Question: What is the NQ.com™ Feed? |
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| Solution: The NQ.com™ Feed is an RSS service that is personalized for each and every NQ.com™ user. The NQ.com™ Feed publishes information that is relevant to you and the people in your Nexus. The NQ.com™ Feed keeps you informed about changes in your Nexus and aggregates web content that is most relevant to you based on the people you know. |
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| Question: How do I subscribe to the NQ.com Feed? |
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| Solution: The NQ.com™ Feed is available from the NQ Search page. |
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| Question: How do I improve the relevance of my NQ.com Feed? |
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| Solution: Tagging your Nexus is the best way to improve the relevance of the NQ.com™ Feed. You can do this by adding Tags yourself, or by getting others to join NQ.com™. |