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Garnet's Wiki Blog from Aug 03, 2008

  2008/08/03
Google creates Knol to compete with wikipedia
Last Changed by garnet, Aug 03, 2008 00:22

Definitions:

  • Knol - A unit of knowledge - A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.
  • http://knol.google.com
  • Featured knol on Aug 3, 2008: Photograph Composition - an Introduction - Photography tutorial - Yanik Chauvin

Some sample knols on Aug 3, 2008:

Plain old bag o' knols - Who needs a search engine? Ctrl+F

  • Sidney Schechtel by Hari Krishna
  • Tuberculosis by Charles Daley
  • Toilet Training by Larissa Hirsch
  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJD) by Noshir Mehta
  • The Metabolic Syndrome by Elena Citkowitz
  • Autism by Bryna Siegel
  • Toilet clogs by The Family Handyman Magazine
  • HIV-associated cancers by Warren Phipps
  • SAFE SEX by Hunter Handsfield
  • Mouth Guards by Noshir Mehta
  • Bronchitis by Ralph Gonzales
  • Joint Aspiration and Injection by Jonathan Graf
  • Knol Terms of Service by Knol Help
  • Hepatitis A by Norah Terrault
  • Steve Pantilat, MD by Steve Pantilat - (Who else could write such an authoritative article about Dr. Steve Pantilat?)
  • Eclipse by Jay Pasachoff
  • Genital Herpes by Monica Gandhi
  • scabies by Lindy Fox
  • Breathing Red Wine: Don't Bother by Craig Goldwyn
  • GMAT by Robert Eller
  • Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) by David Daikh
  • Urinary tract obstruction by Marshall Stoller
  • Wood trim by The Family Handyman Magazine
  • Peptic ulcer Disease by Lawrence Friedman
  • Infective Endocarditis by Elyse Foster
  • Ovarian Cancer by Pedro Ramirez
  • Kidney stones by Marshall Stoller
  • Constipation by Uri Ladabaum
  • Prostate Cancer by Chuck Ryan
  • Ischemic Stroke by S. Andrew Josephson
  • Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction by Tom Lue
  • Osteoarthritis by David Felson
  • Lung Transplantion by Steven Hays
  • Hodgkin Lymphoma by Joseph Connors
  • Tooth Pain by Noshir Mehta
  • Family Planning with Hormonal Contraception by Philip Darney
  • Alzheimer's Disease by Lara Heflin
  • Necrotizing Enterocolitis by David Hackam
  • Specific Information about the Four Major Leukemias by Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD
  • Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Fibrosis by Harold Collard
  • Acute Renal Failure by Christopher Keller, MD
  • Decreased Hearing by Peter Weber
  • Vertigo by Ronald Labuguen
  • Myeloproliferative Disorders by Neil Shah
  • Migraine: Mechanisms and Management by Richard Kraig
  • Cardiac Stress Testing by Eli Botvinick
  • Low Back Pain by Roger Chou
  • Scientific and Medical Writing by Amy Markowitz

The Onion had their own knol about knol: Infographic - July 30, 2008 | Issue 44•31

Google Launches Wikipedia Competitor

Last week, Google made public its beta encyclopedia site, Knol, which unlike Wikipedia features articles written by a named author and only permits selective outsider participation. What are other ways in which Knol differs from Wikipedia?

  • Knol will not give the people at Encyclopaedia Britannica the sinking feeling that they have completely wasted their lives
  • Possible spoilers in articles will be announced by the 220-decibel Spoiler Siren
  • Knol will not be published in Polish
  • Site is boringly factual
  • Will include a picture for the "Colonel" Tom Parker entry
  • Author of Knol much more tired than millions of authors of Wikipedia
  • Whenever Knol is wrong, Google has pledged to rearrange facts in the world to make it right
Posted at 03 Aug @ 12:10 AM by garnet | 0 Comments