nice, it's been a while since wikis and encylopedias made another jump from web 2.0 these Google upgrade for their own wiki site is going to be awesome
The design is horrible...... Wikipedia and google must stick to what they are best...... I am sure google will improvise though
Google......came when there were more than 100 search engines around, back in 1998...Then it came out of Microsoft's monopoly..... Do you think it wont be able to beat wiki by paying money...any Monks here LOL...why not write good articles that will pay you money and add to your income.. 55% of wikki traffic comes from Google...all Google has to do is replace wikki with knol for information and there are million dollars to be made for top 5% of articles. This is one of the better oppurtunity to make money
no one really knows how it will go but I think that it will not really work, but then again who knows because google do have a lot of power.
I totally agree with you. Wikipedia has top 10 positions for a huge nr of keywords. Unfortunalty Google will also rule this part of the web.
It is weird that Google's Knol does not really seemed a serious effort at challenging Wikipedia. Noting that Wikipedia is a very well established competitor, I expect Knol to be radically improved version of Wikipedia. Maybe it is just launched, but the design and the initial impressions does not give me the awesome feeling that is normally associated with Google's new products.
You are right but money is a strong motivator for abusing/gaming as well. There's a risk that the best article would not be the most informative article but the one that receive most comments and thumbs up. And who knows in the near future you can buy all of these services without being detected...
May not be, Linux is open source and free and is capable of holding its turf against repeated Windows encroachment. Also Wikipedia is the incumbent, everyone knows Wikipedia, Knol is new on the market, even with the support of Google, it may not be able to beat Wikipedia as it takes time to build up the articles and the reader base. Google is known as a search engine but not really a content provider, the fight can go either way......
ha ha, that's funny. Good place to start tho... Personally I love the purity of Wikipedia - having ads all over the place will put me off
i think it needs a re-design. Even though knol can't beat wiki, still wiki search engine wo'nt even be close to the Big G.
I think Google definitely made this project keeping in mind wikipedia. It will be a great challenge for them to out do the established wikipedia. Will see in future how Knol competes against wikipedia.
It looks a very informative website, bit simple in design though. Having said that, isn't that Google style