28 July 2008

Google Knol

Google has developed a "supplement" to Wikipedia. Knol is an online encyclopedia featuring articles written by exposed authors. The advantages to using Knol are two-fold. First, you know who the author of each article is and can judge their credibility accordingly. Secondly, authors can opt to receive proceeds from relevant ads placed within their article. However, like Wikipedia:

Google doesn't intend to screen the submissions for accuracy, Dupont said, and instead will rely on its search formulas to highlight the articles that readers believe are credible.
Yeah, good idea. One Knol article I saw was about the "The Decline of Women in Computer Science". I can't wait to see how well this idea works when somebody submits a comedic piece on the same subject. Which article do you think will get more hits?

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