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Google Caffeine: Is It More Knol-Friendly?

Knol Today Editor — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:35:02 +0000

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 name of Caffeine. So far, the test has resulted in some promising facts: Better improvement in search speed, index size and accuracy.

A knol written by Andreas Kemper explores the possibilities of knols to rank better in Google Caffeine.

So far, Andreas has observed that his knols are going up in Google Caffeine result pages. Even better, his bad-ranked knol with useful content is ranked considerably better in the new search engine infrastructure.

All of the observations are focusing on one issue important for all knol writers: Will bad-ranked knols rank better in Google Caffeine?

Please share your very own experience, either in this article on Andreas’ knol – Are your knols rank better in Google Caffeine?

What’s New from Google Knol

Knol Today Editor — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:35:19 +0000

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.
You can create knols using templates. Authors, write good templates and we will feature them!
From an author’s profile you can subscribe to an Atom Feed of authors revisions, comments and replies.
We added a Review Scorecard, one step toward addressing spam, plagiarism and low-quality content.

Why You Should Knol

Knol Today Editor — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:08:58 +0000

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 you should write knols:

To help, motivate, and guide others
To better use free time by making writing knols a very special hobby.
To establish yourself as a writer, which will later be a mean to earn some extra income.
To sharpen your way of thinking.
To ‘leave your mark’ in this new media.

I would like to add number six: To promote and educate visitors about your websites and causes through knols you write, knowing that Google Knol will be bigger, more visited and more ‘social’ than Wikipedia.