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Google Knol goes live, Wikipedia hardly quaking in its boots
Knol provides a place to find information about topics ranging from lung cancer to toilet clogs. What makes it different from Wikipedia is that while any user can suggest alterations to articles, the original author gets to decide whether or not to include those changes. In theory, this will help prevent people who don't know what they're talking about from ripping apart an article from an authority on a topic. In practice, since anyone can write an article on any topic, whether they know what they're talking about or not, it could be even harder to find reliable information on Knol than Wikipedia.
Knol's saving grace might be that users can write multiple articles on the same topic. So if you think you know how to build a better mouse trap than the 20 other writers who have published their own methods, you can write your own article. Readers can then rank stories so hopefully only the most accurate and/or helpful "knols" will find their way to the top of the pile.
Creating a Knol is fairly straightforward. You just sign in with your Google account and start writing. You can also import documents create in Microsoft Word, Excel, PDF or TXT file.
[via Official Google Blog]
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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dukemang said 3:14PM on 7-23-2008
If everyone can write multiple articles then it will be just like using Google search...wait why are they doing this again?
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Phillip said 4:53PM on 7-23-2008
does it really need killing? I think wiki is part of the culture now, and pretty much perfect
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James said 9:30AM on 7-24-2008
The good thing about Wikipedia being a non-profit is that everything they do is for the user while's Google's Knol will be used to boast ad revenue at any cost. Unfortunately Google will most likely rank Knols articles highers than Wikipedia's in their search engine and capture a great deal of users without even trying. Google apparently plays the 'me-to' game as well.
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cub3 said 10:07AM on 7-25-2008
that is such a gay name, knol. is retarted, come on dont do the same as froogle. pathetic names
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srinivas said 10:11AM on 7-25-2008
very nice content
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kingbt said 2:39AM on 7-25-2008
It`s alive and I will try it to promote my home town. Maybe it alows promoting of websites like ABOUTUS. KNOL is a enciclopedia that is welcome for me, how many so better.
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James said 10:11AM on 7-28-2008
My absolute favorite part: "Who needs a search engine? Ctrl+F" on a Google page. Heh.
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