Brian Jordan and other readers sent in word that Google has taken the wraps off Knol, its expert-written challenger to Wikipedia. (We discussed Knol when it was announced last year.) Wired has an in-depth look. Knol's distinctions from Wikipedia are that... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Wed, Jul 23 2008
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Google's "Knol" Reinvents Wikipedia » slashdot teslatug writes "Google appears to be reinventing Wikipedia with their new product that they call knol (not yet publicly available). In an attempt to gather human knowledge, Google will accept articles from users who will be credited with the article by... |
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Google's Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land) » techmeme Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: Google's Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation — After six months of testing, Google has formally rolled out Knol, a service designed to let people create pages of knowledge on any topic they... |
| 23 Jul 08 |
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Google Launches Knol, The Monetizable Wikipedia (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch) » techmeme Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch: Google Launches Knol, The Monetizable Wikipedia — Today Google has launched Knol, its Wikipedia alternative that holds authors accountable for the articles they write. Each article is created by a team... |
| 14 Dec 07 |
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Google Knol might choke Wikipedia, Squidoo » digg News broke late yesterday that Google was preparing to launch a new site call Knol that will combine parts of Wikipedia and Squidoo to create a new user generated authoritative online knowledgebase of everything. |
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Google to Wikipedia: "Knol" thine enemy » digg Google's new "knol" social knowledge project has a lofty-sounding goal: make the world's knowledge easier to put on line. In reality, Google wants a piece of the social knowledge search results, and looks likely to get it. |
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