Comments on: Google’s Knol A Wikipedia Killer?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:23:43 +0000

I think if it is heavily regulated it may work.. as of yesterday there were 1200 KNOL’s currently indexed…

So it’s getting love from the G.. but will it handle the immense pressure it’s going to be under?.. It’s going to be interesting..

Ace blog BTW.. bookmarked

By: RKB

RKB — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:53:02 +0000

So far google has launched many sites similar to the other famous sites, but they have not hit the number 1 spot with most of them.

I am not sure they can kill Wikipedia with Knol.

I guess time will tell….

Thanks,

DNBlogger

By: yaph

yaph — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:45:37 +0000

I don’t think knol will ever be a serious competitor for wikipedia. SEOs will use knol to spread links and maybe some people who work for educational institutions will publish a few useful articles. I guess the lifetime of knoll will be rather short.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:11:57 +0000

Knol does not require you to cite your sources. This is a big deal.

Also, Knol will have LOADS of duplicate content as there isn’t just one spot for a topic. It will be like this:

Bob Smith/domaining
John Thompson/domaining
Tim Johnson/domaining

This will lead to duplicate content and there is no guarantee that you will land on a good “Domaining.”