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Knol - Wikipedia's Rival

There's a new kid on the online blockarticle what will considerably aid users
named Knol and even this early in themake better use of the Internet and its
development stage, some people arevarious content.
already predicting that it could bringManber also stated that another
about yet another significant change toimportant goal of Knol was to cover a
the way we share information on thewide range of topics, from the various
Internet.sciences to health concerns to history.
Knol is a new Web service beingEventually they hope to have Knol become
developed by Google that is meant tothe first stop for research on any
serve as a virtual storehouse oftopic. Today it is Wikipedia that
knowledge on the Internet. With contentprovides that function and its web pages
being contributed by various experts onshow up at the top of the results page
different topics, it will behave much inof Google and many other search engines
the same way that Wikipedia doesmore often than not.
currently. In fact many industry expertsSome in the industry have suggested that
have made the suggestion that Knol isthis latest move of Google is driven by
set to become a direct competitor tothe unprecedented growth of web sites
Wikipedia and other similar types of webthat combine knowledge resources such as
sites.Wikepedia, and that Google feels the
Google is of course the go to web siteneed to have a strong presence in that
as far as search engines go, being theparticular area.
most popular search engine web siteWikipedia is by no means the only web
today by far. If Knol is as successfulsite that offers that type of service.
in drawing a widespread following as theMany other companies have taken slightly
developers hope, it could bring aboutdifferent approaches in functioning as
the Google's transition from a searchknowledge repositories on various topics
engine into a company that creates andon the Internet. These services include
publishes Web content.Squidoo, Yahoo Answers, and Mahalo.
Some industry observers warn that oneIn spite of the widespread popularity of
problem that could potentially arise isthese services-as well as the existence
that Google's objectivity in presentingof many free tools that allow experts
search results could be compromised.and regular people the means by which
Knol-the name of which is derived fromthey can share their knowledge
the word "knowledge"-is being developedonline-Manber said that Google feels
to allow people to create Web pages onthat it is still not easy enough for the
virtually any topic. When completed, itaverage user to do those things.
will include several features that willInterestingly, considering all the hype
allow its users the ability to perform aand excitement that is currently
number of tasks, such as submittingsurrounding the news of Knol's
comments, rating individual web pagesexistence, Google has refrained from
and suggesting changes.discussing the project any further than
We mentioned earlier in this articlethese initial details, and have even
that Knol has been compared to Wikipediasaid that it is still an experimental
by many industry analysts. While thereproject at this time. This means that
are in fact many similarities betweenjust like many other Google tests that
the two web services, the mainnever saw the light of day, Knol could
difference is that Wikipedia allowsend up never even being released
virtually anyone to edit an entry whilepublicly at all.
Knol only allows the author of eachAs for Wikipedia, site founder Jimmy
particular "knol,"-which is what theWales has downplayed his site's
individual pages in the service will becomparison with Knol, saying that while
called-to do so. This means that theWikipedia's goal is utmost objectivity
same topics could have many differentin its content, with each individual
authors with sometimes contrasting-orarticle being the sum total of the
even competing-points of view.collective knowledge of its various
Google has stated that the main thrustauthors, Knol's model will likely result
of the Knol project was to focusin highly opinionated and possible even
attention on authors who have sufficientcontradictory articles on even the
expertise on particular topics. As vicesimplest of topics.
president for engineering at Google UdiAnother important distinction is that
Manber wrote in the Google corporateWikipedia is a strictly non profit web
blog recently, the Internet has evolvedsite that does not carry any type of
largely without the benefit of aadvertising, while Knol is a decidedly
standardized means to highlight themore commercial venture, with its
author's name on each web article. Hecontent authors earning revenue from any
goes on to say that the company believesGoogle ads on their site.
that knowing who wrote a particular web



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