QDOS from Garlik: global rank of digital presence
| December 5th, 2007This looks really interesting. I’m right in the middle of lots of stuff right now so have only had a quick poke around. First stab at the holy grail . . . how to rate and rank people’s digital presences
“Be seen how you want to be seen
Up until now there has been no way to measure digital presence, to see where you fit in to the online world. At Garlik, we’ve analysed the digital profiles of the nation and have made available a QDOS score for every UK adult . Your QDOS score is made up of 4 different components:
Popularity
Who you know and the extent of your online network.
Impact
How much people listen to what you say online.
Activity
What you do online e.g. shop, chat, blog.
Individuality
How easy you are to find online according to your name, your age etc
Put simply, the more you are out there surfing, buying, selling and socialising online, the higher your QDOS score.
To find your QDOS simply enter your name and postcode in to the site - it’s as simple as that. Once you’ve found your QDOS you can also claim it, and from there you can tell us a little more about you that will help us refine your QDOS score and make it even more reflective of you. Your QDOS will also change over time according to what you do online. Take control of your online status with QDOS.”
I signed up for QDOS and found I had a score of around Q900. My friends signed up and found that their kids of 3 and 6 had higher scores than them even though both of them were prolific online.
I added in my linked-in site, my twitter site, my tripadvisor site and increased my score to Q2766, but doing that worried me. I unlinked them all and now have a ’safe’ score of Q505 (see post here: http://www.realtea.net/low_qprofile).
I notice that you are happy linking from here to all of your online sites as Jonathan Hopkins. Do you think that puts your online or offline identity at risk?