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... |
| 19 Sep 08 |
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Knol, the Wikipedia Maybe-fork? » slashdot Bennett Haselton contributes the following essay on the consequences of license choice as it applies to sites based on user contributions; read on below for more of his big idea for making Knol a more useful resource. "Google Knol should allow its writers... |
| 20 Jan 09 |
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Google Knol 6 Months Later: Wikipedia Need Not Worry » digg What happened to Knol? Announced by Google in late 2007 and launched in July 2008, the site was meant to bring more credible (read: not written by anonymous Wikipedians) "knowledge units" to the web, and it would allow the authors to cash in on their... |
| 28 Jan 09 |
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4 Things You Need to Know about Knol » digg The head of Google's Webspam team, Matt Cutts, weighs in on Google Knol, the potential Wikipedia killer which recently passed the 100,000 article mark. |
| 23 Jul 08 |
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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... |
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