Official Google Blog: Knol is open to everyone

Official Google Blog: Knol is open to everyone: "ks to this post"

Knol, Google Creativity

Yes the news is true , Finally Google launched Knol project which Google talk about it alot before ,and we was very encouraged to see this project alive.

It was announced on December 13/2007 and was opened in beta to the public on July 23/2008 with a few hundred articles

So what is Knol ?

Knol is a Google project which includes articles on topics ranging from “scientific concepts, to medical information, from geographical and historical, to entertainment, from product information, to how-to-fix-it instructions,” .

“With Knol, we are introducing a new method for authors to work together that we call ‘moderated collaboration,’” Cedric Dupont, a Google product manager, and Michael McNally, a Google software engineer, wrote in a blog post.

IF You Use Wikipedia , You Will Ask Me >>>

So What is the different between Knol and Wikipedia ?!!

To answer this Question i should indicate knol features and you are the judge:

With knol … users will be able to submit comments, rate, or write a review of a knol. And not a company to shy away from a monetization opportunity, Google will provide knol authors the option to include AdSense ads alongside their knols.

“If an author chooses to include ads, Google will provide the author with a revenue share from the proceeds of those ad placements,” according to the blog post.

Google also struck a deal with The New Yorker magazine to let people add one cartoon from the magazine per knol.

Knol, however, is not necessarily tied to Google Q&A, the company’s rumored resurrection of the now defunct Google Answers.

When asked about ties between Knol and Google Q&A back in December when the Knol private beta was first announced, a spokeswoman said that “there is no association between Knol and the service you are referring to.”

Summary of the article about Knol :

- Google Knol is designed to allow anyone to create a page on any topic, which others can comment on, rate, and contribute to if the primary author allows.

- Knol is essentially a cross between Wikipedia and About.com.

Related Links To Know More About Knol :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knol

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/knol-is-open-to-everyone.html

http://www.knolstuff.com

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