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Google's Knol, Expert Wiki, Goes Live

Posted by kdawson on from the trusting-in-experts dept.

Brian Jordan and other readers sent in word that Google has taken the wraps off Knol, its expert-written challenger to Wikipedia. (We discussed Knol when it was announced last year.) Wired has an in-depth look. Knol's distinctions from Wikipedia are that authors are identified by their real names (and verified), and that they can share in ad revenue if they choose to. The service initially features a lot of medical articles, which is interesting considering that Medipedia also launched today. This medical wiki is backed by Harvard's and Stanford's medical schools.

3 of 263 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Losing Anonymity? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    only when you grease it up and shove it up your ass so yoda will have something to ride.

  2. Another useless Google feature.... by boxless · · Score: 0, Troll

    You won't be using in a year.

  3. Re:pay for content? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    By the way, talking about google ads, I just built this little firefox extension (tested in 3 only so far), it will block google text ads by hiding them on the right side of the page but it has a link to view the ads anyway.

    Try it out.