Post by minx on Jul 25, 2008 7:44:36 GMT 12
Just read an interesting article.
Battle of the giants? I wonder why they have to reinvent the wheel.....
Google takes aim at Wikipedia with paid alternative
'Knol' will allow amateurs to write articles on their specialiist subjects - and take a share of advertising revenues
Google hopes to knock Wikipedia off its perch as the pre-eminent "community encyclopaedia" by releasing its own compendium of articles about every possible topic.
The search giant today released Knol, a service which encourages any user to write articles as an "expert" on any subject - from fly-fishing to Byzantine architecture or even how to install a sink.
There is no vetting process, although readers can rate articles - as they can rank stories on the "social news" service Digg. Authors can also elect to have advertising on their articles, and share in the revenue from the adverts, which will be placed by Google's ad-serving platform, AdSense.
Unlike Wikipedia, readers will not be free to edit articles, though the ranking system will mean that those 'knols' which are popular will fare better in searches conducted on the Knol home page. Knol entries will also appear in regular Google searches, but their ranking will be determined in the usual way - according to how many other web pages link to them.
link here: technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4385793.ece
Battle of the giants? I wonder why they have to reinvent the wheel.....
Google takes aim at Wikipedia with paid alternative
'Knol' will allow amateurs to write articles on their specialiist subjects - and take a share of advertising revenues
Google hopes to knock Wikipedia off its perch as the pre-eminent "community encyclopaedia" by releasing its own compendium of articles about every possible topic.
The search giant today released Knol, a service which encourages any user to write articles as an "expert" on any subject - from fly-fishing to Byzantine architecture or even how to install a sink.
There is no vetting process, although readers can rate articles - as they can rank stories on the "social news" service Digg. Authors can also elect to have advertising on their articles, and share in the revenue from the adverts, which will be placed by Google's ad-serving platform, AdSense.
Unlike Wikipedia, readers will not be free to edit articles, though the ranking system will mean that those 'knols' which are popular will fare better in searches conducted on the Knol home page. Knol entries will also appear in regular Google searches, but their ranking will be determined in the usual way - according to how many other web pages link to them.
link here: technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4385793.ece
