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Knol - Wikipedia's Rival

There's a new kid on the online block namedconsiderably aid users make better use of the
Knol and even this early in the developmentInternet  and  its  various  content.
stage, some people are already predicting
that it could bring about yet anotherManber also stated that another important
significant change to the way we sharegoal of Knol was to cover a wide range of
information  on  the  Internet.topics, from the various sciences to health
concerns to history. Eventually they hope to
Knol is a new Web service being developed byhave Knol become the first stop for research
Google that is meant to serve as a virtualon any topic. Today it is Wikipedia that
storehouse of knowledge on the Internet. Withprovides that function and its web pages show
content being contributed by various expertsup at the top of the results page of Google
on different topics, it will behave much inand many other search engines more often than
the same way that Wikipedia does currently.not.
In fact many industry experts have made the
suggestion that Knol is set to become aSome in the industry have suggested that this
direct competitor to Wikipedia and otherlatest move of Google is driven by the
similar  types  of  web  sites.unprecedented growth of web sites that
combine knowledge resources such as
Google is of course the go to web site as farWikepedia, and that Google feels the need to
as search engines go, being the most popularhave a strong presence in that particular
search engine web site today by far. If Knolarea.
is as successful in drawing a widespread
following as the developers hope, it couldWikipedia is by no means the only web site
bring about the Google's transition from athat offers that type of service. Many other
search engine into a company that creates andcompanies have taken slightly different
publishes  Web  content.approaches in functioning as knowledge
repositories on various topics on the
Some industry observers warn that one problemInternet. These services include Squidoo,
that could potentially arise is that Google'sYahoo  Answers,  and  Mahalo.
objectivity in presenting search results
could  be  compromised.In spite of the widespread popularity of
these services-as well as the existence of
Knol-the name of which is derived from themany free tools that allow experts and
word "knowledge"-is being developed to allowregular people the means by which they can
people to create Web pages on virtually anyshare their knowledge online-Manber said that
topic. When completed, it will includeGoogle feels that it is still not easy enough
several features that will allow its usersfor  the  average  user  to  do those things.
the ability to perform a number of tasks,
such as submitting comments, ratingInterestingly, considering all the hype and
individual  web pages and suggesting changes.excitement that is currently surrounding the
news of Knol's existence, Google has
We mentioned earlier in this article thatrefrained from discussing the project any
Knol has been compared to Wikipedia by manyfurther than these initial details, and have
industry analysts. While there are in facteven said that it is still an experimental
many similarities between the two webproject at this time. This means that just
services, the main difference is thatlike many other Google tests that never saw
Wikipedia allows virtually anyone to edit anthe light of day, Knol could end up never
entry while Knol only allows the author ofeven  being  released  publicly  at  all.
each particular "knol,"-which is what the
individual pages in the service will beAs for Wikipedia, site founder Jimmy Wales
called-to do so. This means that the samehas downplayed his site's comparison with
topics could have many different authors withKnol, saying that while Wikipedia's goal is
sometimes contrasting-or evenutmost objectivity in its content, with each
competing-points  of  view.individual article being the sum total of the
collective knowledge of its various authors,
Google has stated that the main thrust of theKnol's model will likely result in highly
Knol project was to focus attention onopinionated and possible even contradictory
authors who have sufficient expertise onarticles  on  even  the  simplest  of topics.
particular topics. As vice president for
engineering at Google Udi Manber wrote in theAnother important distinction is that
Google corporate blog recently, the InternetWikipedia is a strictly non profit web site
has evolved largely without the benefit of athat does not carry any type of advertising,
standardized means to highlight the author'swhile Knol is a decidedly more commercial
name on each web article. He goes on to sayventure, with its content authors earning
that the company believes that knowing whorevenue from any Google ads on their site.
wrote a particular web article what will



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