Once or twice called a “Wikipedia killer” Knol competed with Wikipedia, but offered a distinct difference in that Knol articles featured personal expertise by emphasizing authorship more similar to Squidoo and HubPages.
Knol, Google's version of Wikipedia, has had problems, both technical and in gaining traction. Knol will work as usual until April 30, 2012, and you can download your knols to a file and/or migrate them to WordPress.com.
Problems at Knol - Google's Open Encylopedia - had people discussing the site more than usual yesterday. Looking at Knol Help page shows problems with RSS feed updates and a lot of spam, add the bug and it would appear no one is really keeping an...
Google Knol launched as a Wikipedia-esque knowledge sharing product last summer. Google Celebrates 100,000th Knol Posted by Nathania Johnson Jan 19, 2009 A few weeks ago, Google Knol received its 100,000th entry.
Google Knol launched as a Wikipedia-esque knowledge sharing product last summer. A few weeks ago, Google Knol received its 100,000th entry. In October, Google integrated Custom Search with Knol. Knol has grown quickly and the interface is now...
Google launches Knol, its own version of Wikipedia. The convergence of outside economic forces, a wild presidential election and the 2008 Beijing Olympics were all signs of an industry becoming more and more mainstream and global.
SearchWiki - the ability to shape your search results - and Knol - the Google version of a wikipedia. 2008 has been an up and down year for Google. From their stock price to the various products they have introduced or updated - it would seem the...
Either Google drops Knol and Wikipedia from the organic results, or this keeps getting you solid traffic. Perhaps if Google actually started to get serious about cleaning up the SERPs beyond simply adjusting the Knol or Wikipedia effect, then more...
Knol is knowledge without the W(ikipedia) and an edge. Knol is the newest product launched by Google. Knol is basically Blogspot on steroids, organized by topic. Google states the key principle behind Knol is authorship.
For example, we recently announced an early version of a tool called "knol" to help people generate and organize more high-quality authored content. Watch out Wikipedia your space is soon to be seriously invaded.
Is Google Knol Really a Wikipedia Rival? From the SEW blog: Organic Search SEW Experts: New Search Engine Trends, Old SEO Troubles in 2007With advances such a universal search and the explosion of social media, 2007 was quite a landmark year for...
Is Google Knol Really a Wikipedia Rival? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web: From the SEW Blog:
Knol' - Google Unit of Knowledge - Expert Authors Gathering Wikipedia External Links Now "Nofollow" Blended and universal search, quality scores, social media, and personalized search results all contributed to the change, as we outlined yesterday.
It seems Google's goal with Knol is to take back some of the traffic that Wikipedia is getting from Google searches From the SEW blog: Organic Search SEW Experts: How to Market SEO to HumansHow do you explain your job to the people you meet at a...
It seems Google's goal with Knol is to take back some of the traffic that Wikipedia is getting from Google searches Google Knol: Competitors Respond & Time To Limit The Aggregators? Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news?
The Google Knol project is drawing almost universal comparison in the media to Wikipedia. That comparison works in one facet of this situation: it seems Google's goal with Knol is to take back some of the traffic that Wikipedia is getting from...
Knol' - Google Unit of Knowledge - Expert Authors GatheringSeems Google has turned its eyes on the Wikipedia space and has a spin that may get a lot of attention from knowledgeable authors. Google Knol: Competitors Respond & Time To Limit The...
Google Project 'Knol' Search Engine Watch Forums "I wonder how this will play out with Wikipedia, seems like it would be a better source for information. Ways to Use Google Knol, Small Business SEM Find out here, with these links to some of the...
Knol' - Google Unit of Knowledge - Expert Authors GatheringSeems Google has turned its eyes on the Wikipedia space and has a spin that may get a lot of attention from knowledgeable authors. Ways to Use Google Knol, Small Business SEM
They just announced a beta project called "Knol" - a unit of knowledge - that gets experts in various field to write for an aggregated collection of knowledge. The key idea behind the knol project is to highlight authors.
