•Google launches Knol as rival to Wikipedia
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -1 hour ago
By Nicole Martin, Digital and Media Correspondent Knol, which stands for unit of knowledge, allows internet users to write articles on their own areas of ...

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It's a conspiracy to destroy Wikipedia: the Grassy Knol!

Ah, so you think all those shots at WP didn't come from a crappy old book depository?

Let us see if Google has a magic bullet.

•Google's Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation
Search Engine Land, CT -18 minutes ago
After six months of testing, Google has formally rolled out Knol, a service designed to let people create pages of knowledge on any topic they choose. ...

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•Google unveils Knol, its accountable take on Wikipedia
VentureBeat, CA -50 minutes ago
Months in the making, Google has finally unveiled Knol, its Wikipedia rival written by people knowledgeable in certain field. The idea, as Google puts it, ...

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•Google Throws Open Rival for Wikipedia— Anon Editors Barred
Wired News -42 minutes ago
By Steven Levy 4 hours ago The brainchild of Udi Manber, Google's head of search engineering, the search firm's next big product is a Wikipedia-like online ...

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•Wikipedia, Meet Knol
New York Times Blogs, NY -47 minutes ago
By Miguel Helft Search expert Danny Sullivan aptly describes Knol as “Like Wikipedia, With Moderation.” Articles on various topics are penned by individuals ...

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Obviously not. References don't exist unless they're online.

•Google's Knol Finally Goes Public. A Wikipedia Killer?
Information Week Weblog, NY -32 minutes ago
Anyone remember this? Google first announced Knol, a user-generated, online encyclopedia, back in December 2007. It's been in hibernation since then, ...

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•Google announces Wikipedia-like project
The Industry Standard, CA -31 minutes ago
Seven months after Google Inc. announced plans to launch its own Wikipedia-type project, authors on Wednesday were invited to submit content to the new site ...

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•Knol: (n.) Google's version of Wikipedia
BetaNews -28 minutes ago
By Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews With initial topics ranging from "How to Backpack" to "Toilet Clogs," Knol -- Google's answer, of sorts, to Wikipedia - has ...

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•Google Decides to Make its Knol Site a Moderated Wikipedia
Search Engine Journal -19 minutes ago
After seven months since it was announced, Google finally opens its Wikipedia-like web product KNOL to the public. I could understand why it took Google ...

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•Google launches Wikipedia rival
ZDNet.com.au, Australia -37 minutes ago
Google's Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was opened to the public on Wednesday morning in the US, according to the Official Google Blog. ...

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•Google's "Knol" Reinvents Wikipedia
Slashdot -26 minutes ago
teslatug writes "Google appears to be reinventing Wikipedia with their new product that they call knol (not yet publicly available). ...

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•Wikipedia Gets Competition from Google, Doctors
Marketing Shift.com -40 minutes ago
I love Wikipedia, but I've been trusting it less lately because I've been reading what's been going on behind the scenes. It's never been a definitive ...

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•Google unveils Wikipedia-like tool
NEWS.com.au, Australia -16 minutes ago
GOOGLE is taking the wraps off an online encyclopaedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. ...

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•Google unveils Wikipedia-like tool
Australian IT, Australia -16 minutes ago
GOOGLE is taking the wraps off an online encyclopaedia designed to give people a chance to show off - and profit from - their expertise on any topic. ...

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•Like Wikipedia but for Cash: Google's Knol
PC World -13 minutes ago
If you're looking for a way to start writing for money, Google as of today offers a new option. Its new Knol - short for 'a unit of knowledge' - site is ...

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•Google launches Wikipedia-rival "Knol"
TechSpot -7 minutes ago
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com Following eight months of testing, Google's Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was finally opened to the public today. ...

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•Google Launches Knol - A monetizable, moderated Wikipedia
TECH.BLORGE.com, Australia -18 minutes ago
By Dave Parrack Wikipedia is the fount of all knowledge for some of us. Yes, some of the content can be factually dubious, and no, we shouldn’t use ...

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•Google Launches Knol, the Wikipedia Alternative
Techtree.com, India -1 hour ago
Google has launched Knol (from: knowledge), the Wikipedia alternative that both polices and rewards contributers. The reward mechanism is due to integration ...

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•How Google’s Knol Differs From Wikipedia
Waleg.com, Tunisia -47 minutes ago
Wikipedia finds a competition in Google’s newly launched Knol. BY going public on Wednesday, Google hopes that Knol “will fill the gaps on what we have on ...

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•Google Launches Online-Publishing Service, a Potential Wikipedia Rival
Wall Street Journal -22 minutes ago
By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Google Inc. has launched an online-publishing service that is a potential competitor to Wikipedia. Google on Wednesday took the ...

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•Google launches online encyclopaedia to counter Wikipedia
Thaindian.com, Thailand -11 minutes ago
London, July 24 (ANI): Internet giant Google has come up with a new online encyclopaedia to counter Wikipedia. Users will be allowed to write articles on ...

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•Google launches Wikipedia rival
Moneyweb, South Africa -34 minutes ago
Google has launched Knol, its user-generated online encyclopedia, which it announced in December but had kept under wraps in private testing, ...

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•Google takes aim at Wikipedia with paid alternative
Times Online, UK -21 minutes ago
Google hopes to knock Wikipedia off its perch as the pre-eminent "community encyclopaedia" by releasing its own compendium of articles about every possible ...

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•Google has made its Wikipedia-rival, Knol, open to the public.
PC Pro, UK -17 minutes ago
The site allows anyone to write a knol - a unit of knowledge - on the subject of their choosing. Users can write knols on subjects that have already been ...

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•Google launches online encyclopaedia to counter Wikipedia
Smash Hits, India -19 minutes ago
London, July 24 (ANI): Internet giant Google has come up with a new online encyclopaedia to counter Wikipedia. Users will be allowed to write articles on ...

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•Google launches Wikipedia rival
ITWeb, South Africa -10 minutes ago
BY KIRSTEN DOYLE , ITWEB PORTALS EDITOR Google has launched Knol, its user-generated online encyclopedia, which it announced in December but had kept under ...

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•Google Unwraps Knol -- A Monetizable Wikipedia Rival
eBrandz, India -12 minutes ago
“In a twist to encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity, Knol will identify expert content providers who will own their pages. ...

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•Google Launches Its Answer To Wikipedia, Knol
dBTechno, MA -7 minutes ago
Boston (dbTechno) - Google Inc. launched its answer to Wikipedia on Wednesday, Knol. Google Knol has launched and is available to the public, ...

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•Google announces Wikipedia-like project
Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand -14 minutes ago
By Heather Havenstein Framingham | Friday, 25 July, 2008 Life on Mars (which screens at 8.30pm on Mondays on TV One) is a great TV series. ...

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•Google Launches Knol: Project Wikipedia
Search Engine Roundtable -35 minutes ago
After we first announced Google's intention to launch Knol, their knowledgebase, we learned yesterday that the project is finally live. ...

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•Google rolls out possible Wikipedia rival
SmartBrief, DC -32 minutes ago
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•Update: Why Knol Won’t Be Wikipedia
eFluxMedia -10 minutes ago
By Max Brenn Google has finally unveiled one of its latest projects, Knol, an online-publishing service which resembles Wikipedia. ...

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•Googlepedia's Knol Just Another Wikipedia?
Associated Content, CO -20 minutes ago
By Rosa Hayes, published Jul 24, 2008 Googlepedia has come up with a lot of new and neat features to help bloggers, writers, people who socialize, ...

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•Google launches rival to Wikipedia
AFP -27 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most ...

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•Google launches rival to Wikipedia
AFP -27 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most ...

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•Google launches rival to Wikipedia
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -20 minutes ago
Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the ...

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•Google launches rival to Wikipedia
Brisbane Times, Australia -20 minutes ago
Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the ...

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•Want to know about Knol? Check out Wikipedia
TechRadar.com, UK -38 minutes ago
Interestingly a search on Google for Google's new wiki knowledge site 'Knol' puts the actual site address in fifth position – behind rival Wikipedia's ...

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•Knol Could Knock Wikipedia Down a Notch
Marketing Vox News -28 minutes ago
Knol is a publicly-authored knowledge site. To protect against page vandalism without stifling community input, new pages are placed under "moderated ...

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•Knol Could Knock Wikipedia Down a Notch
Marketing Vox News -1 hour ago
Knol is a publicly-authored knowledge site. To protect against page vandalism without stifling community input, new pages are placed under "moderated ...

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•Google Rolls Out the Next Wikipedia
Tom's Guide, CA -39 minutes ago
By Jane McEntegart, published on July 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM A lot of people like Wikipedia for the simple reason that it’s written by normal, average, ...

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•Daily Debrief: Google's new user-generated site to compete with ...
CNET News, CA -1 hour ago
I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia. It's bookmarked in my toolbar and almost without fail, there's a tab opened in my browser window, waiting for my ...

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•Want to know about Knol? Check out Wikipedia
TechRadar.com, UK -14 hours ago
Interestingly a search on Google for Google's new wiki knowledge site 'Knol' puts the actual site address in fifth position – behind rival Wikipedia's ...

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•Knol.Google.com - Google's Answer To Wikipedia
Killer Startups, FL -12 minutes ago
Imagine Wikipedia. Now imagine making money with it. That is basically what Knol is like. Google’s version of a free encyclopaedia is currently making a big ...

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•Google Rolls Out Knol. An Alternative To Wikipedia?
eFluxMedia -7 minutes ago
By Dee Chisamera More than half a year after first unveiling the Knol concept, Google rolled out the new Wikipedia-alternative, based on the same concept of ...

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•Daily Debrief: Google's new user-generated site to compete with ...
CNET News, CA -Jul 25, 2008
I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia. It's bookmarked in my toolbar and almost without fail, there's a tab opened in my browser window, waiting for my ...

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•Google launches rival to Wikipedia
Tehran Times, Iran -16 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -- Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most ...

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