Comments on: Google Knol – Looking at Wikipedia’s Rival

By: Endre Jofoldi

Endre Jofoldi — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:44:49 +0000

Firstly I think this whole “big innovation” of Knol is mostly about displaying keyword related advertisement. The biggest problem with Wikipedia for Google, that they dont put ads on their pages (actually I dont know why they could not do that, and in the long run, I think it could help them a lot). Google wants this to own this moneymaking opportunity.
Secondly, Know will be the next step, after displayin YouTube results to make Google results more and more biased. Please, tell me, why a YouTube video is more relevant to a search than any other video on a different video sharing service… I bet Knol results will be doing a wonderful job on Google ranking. :o)

I feel it is extremely dangerous for the Internet community that Google is moving toward to a more of content provider role…

By: Arun Radhakrishnan

Arun Radhakrishnan — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:26:51 +0000

Interesting point would be to see if Google does come to own the content eventually. It has been their strategy to never own any content as such (a difference from Yahoo). Also, owning the content could bias the rankings.

By: Inchirieri Masini

Inchirieri Masini — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:13:14 +0000

I would say everything is for sale these days and Google knows it best!

By: Igor Berger

Igor Berger — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 07:51:14 +0000

Knowledge is not for sale!

By: Chris Estes

Chris Estes — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:20:34 +0000

As an active member of different wiki sites I am excited about the possibilities of Knol.

I have this hunch that the negative popular opinion about knol may impede the launch.

I already have a plan for my Knol!

By: Haasim

Haasim — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:56:58 +0000

Very interesting information. I participate on Wikipedia adding information related to african american artists frequently. Let’s see how this whole vision develops….