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Google's Wikipedia rival, Knol, goes public | News - Digital Media - CNET News.com belongs to Industry ![]() by Elinor Mills on Jul 23, 2008 - 03:48 PM read 95 times Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9997426-93.html?tag=nl.e433 |
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Think you are an expert on a subject? Well, Google's got a proposition for you.
Google's Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was opened to the public on Wednesday morning, according to the Official Google Blog.
So-called knols are articles about specific topics written by experts on that subject.
Google is partnering with The New Yorker magazine to allow any author to add a cartoon from the magazine to their knol. Knol authors can run ads with them, as well, and receive a cut of the revenue from Google.
What makes Knol different from Wikipedia is that every knol will have an author, or group of authors, whose name is prominent.


