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Google's "Knol" Reinvents Wikipedia

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

teslatug writes "Google appears to be reinventing Wikipedia with their new product that they call knol (not yet publicly available). In an attempt to gather human knowledge, Google will accept articles from users who will be credited with the article by name. If they want, they can allow ads to appear alongside the content and they will be getting a share of the profits if that's the case. Other users will be allowed to rate, edit or comment on the articles. The content does not have to be exclusive to Google but no mention is made on any license for it. Is this a better model for free information gathering?"

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  1. Guess the language! by bconway · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google'a Knol

    Klingon?

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    1. Re:Guess the language! by lucifig · · Score: 2, Funny

      It'sa me! Mario!

  2. Re:Trying to promote a new catchword too. by nlitement · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it seriously so hard to form "plural's" in English? :(

  3. Domain squatter made millions by L505 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quick, someone register knol.org, knol.net, knol.info.. bwaaah why am I posting this message.. off to domain name services!

  4. Re:Trying to promote a new catchword too. by courseofhumanevents · · Score: 2, Funny

    Morgan didn't have enough knols to get the job done, obviously.

  5. Re:Trying to promote a new catchword too. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2, Funny

    They should have called it NULL.

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  6. Read it with a silent K and it makes sense... by jmac1492 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Google aKnol?

    But I don't want them searching there.

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  7. Re:Trying to promote a new catchword too. by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wonder how many knol's Slashdot is worth?

    Zero. The factually incorrect posts mostly cancel out the informative ones, and any knols left over are nullified by poor grammar and spelling.

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  8. Regarding your .sig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In proper English, you would capitalize the names of spoken languages.
    Hope this is polite enough.

  9. Re:Trying to promote a new catchword too. by youthoftoday · · Score: 3, Funny

    that's almost convinciing

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