Google Knol are said to rank better in Google search engine result pages – Some proofs say yea, but some other say nay. The conclusion: Non-reliable observation. Here comes the Google Caffeine. Will it favour Google Knol? Google has requested some help a few weeks ago to test the new search engine infrastructure under the [...]
I stumble on TechCrunch article on Google Knol and I think they have valid grounds in their claims – But I still have faith in Google Knol. Do you? The article’s title is sad, really: “Poor Google Knol Has Gone From A Wikipedia Killer To A Craigslist Wannabe”. Unfortunately, the claim is reasonable – Google [...]
From the Google Knol What’s New Section, here are the latest changes that makes knols more attractive and useful: We have simplified the links on the top of the page, and added the “My profile” drop-down. You can now star knols as your personal “Favorites”, adding them to a private list on your profile page. [...]
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If you ever wondered about tips on writing a great knol, I stumble upon one good knol on it. Andy Henry wrote a how-to guide on writing a great knol that might appeal a beginner knol writer. Early in his knol, Andy wrote an interesting remark: Introductory message for newbies to knols – Do NOT [...]
I stumbled on several portal knols in Google Knol, and I think this type of knol is unique and will mark Google Knol as THE open collaboration model. I’ve written about several exceptional portal knols, such as International Space Portal, Canoeing and Kayaking Resources, and Knolympics. Portal knols are basically knols that gather similar topic [...]
During my wanderings on Google Knol, I found some unethical knol writing practices in knols. There are knols that are entirely copy-and-pasted from Wikipedia; There are knols that are also a rip-off other sites, and use certain keywords in them to link to the knol writer websites; There are also knols that do nothing except [...]
The following is the latest updates from Google Knol Team: We’ve added support for Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. You can receive email notification of changes to your knols. The Link tool in the Edit mode makes it easier to link to other knols now. Also, Author Pages have been redesigned. Tables are useful, and now [...]
In my few months of reading knols and two weeks of intensively browsing and reading knols, I found the tendencies that I often read from other bloggers about Google Knol – Will it become another spam haven? I’m not sure about Google Knol Team level of strictness on this, but I did find many knols [...]
Google Knol offers an exciting and interesting opportunities for people from many backgrounds – enthusiasts, scholars, students, professors, entrepreneurs, artists, authors, and many more – to share what they know. A knol by Johnson C. Philip offers some legitimate reasons why you should contribute knols. According to Mr. Johnson, here are the five reasons why [...]