Tag archive: Knol

Seven more Google products meet their demise in accord with Larry Page's spring push for a slimmer, more focused company. Among the list is the Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE<C) initiative and the Wikipedia-esque Knol. The continued “spring cleaning” was announced on Tuesday in a blog post from Urs Hölzle, Senior Vice President, Operations & Google Fellow. This marks the third round of product cuts since current Google CEO… Read More

Yesterday Google unveiled Knol, its answer to Wikipedia. Like Wikipedia, it’s a collaborative site, but there are differences: although a collbarotive site, meaning people can add to articles, each Knol, or piece, will have a primary author, who can choose to become a verified subscriber. And, perhaps more importantly, authors can earn money through Google AdSense, although including that with the article is at the discretion of the… Read More

Google engineers have tackled e-mail, mapping, blogging, and just about every other Web project under the sun. Next up: a Wikipedia-style community-based encyclopedia. On Thursday, Google’s vice president of engineering, Udi Manber, broke news of the  project on the official Google blog. The tool, dubbed Knol (a “unit of knowledge” according to Google), will mimic Wikipedia by allowing community members to contribute to and revise its content.… Read More