Category: Science/Tech | Posted by laraib 1397 days ago
Google's Wikipedia competitor, Google Knol, officially opens its doors today. The site is already populated with several knols (definition: "an authoritative article about a specific topic"), but anyone can create their own knol as of today. The major difference between Google Knol and Wikipedia—as we pointed out in our original post—is that knols aren't collaboratively written in the same way Wikipedia articles are. Instead, a single user creates and moderates a knol. write-a-knol.pngAny topic can have several knols written on it, so the featured knol is based on your credentials and the authority of the article. There's also no anonymous editing of knols, so you'll need to sign in with your Google account to get started. Currently knols are limited (most of my search results turned up empty), but take a look at the lung cancer articles on Google Knol and on Wikipedia for some comparison browsing. Now that you can officially take a look, let's hear if you think Google Knol has the chops to overtake your Wikipedia obsession in the comments. Google Knol [via The Official Google Blog]






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