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Old 07-23-2008, 11:17 PM
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Default Google Knol - Wikipedia Competitor - Launched

Google's Knol site is in beta but ready for anyone to go in and write their own authoritative article on a particular subject. More free opportunities for shameless self promotion. This of of course, is Google's challenge to wikipedia.
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Yeah, the format is currenly open for self-spam. It's more like an article depository, rather than an organic growing encyclopedic entry on a subject matter created and updated by everyone.
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There's something about the layout that makes me uncomfortable. It feels heavy. I guess we're all too used to Wikipedia's formats.
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Knol has a few extras than wikipedia:-
- More focus, info on the contributor
- Able to receive comments from others
- Rating system

The idea is to get people to participate and contribute. The rating, will serve as a simple guide for people to determine which article is better, the comments will provide people to correct any errors or to add more info, and the info on collaborators will encourage more people to write knols.
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From what I've seen, it's like a combination of Wikipedia and Helium.
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From what I've seen, it's like a combination of Wikipedia and Helium.
What's helium?

I still like wikipedia better..
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Knol sounds like a great opportunity for affiliate marketers. I wonder if they allow anchor links and if they do follow
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