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Knol.Google
http://knol.google.com/
I notice there's also "How to Backpack: starting from scratch", maybe they're trying to compete with E-How/Wiki-How too?
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Google has taken the wraps off Knol, its expert-written challenger to Wikipedia. Wired has an in-depth look. Knol's distinctions from Wikipedia are that authors
are identified by their real names (and verified), and that they can share in ad revenue if theychoose to. The service initially features a lot of medical articles, which is
interesting considering that Medipedia also launched today. This medical wiki is backed
by Harvard's and Stanford's medical schools.
Discussions
12 years ago
I was just about to post this when I realized I should probably search to see if anyone else did. Glad I did!
12 years ago
I just wrote this knol there} Based on my guide to urban cycling, just though you lot might like to know, may aswell try it out, not to mention expanding horizons...
Reply 12 years ago
That looks like a nice way to promote the site.
Maybe we should each post one "knol" from one of our own ibles, a range of topics between us, each with links back to the site.
Hmmm...
Browses personal archive...
Reply 12 years ago
That'd be cool. We could all put our affiliations as "instructables.com".
Reply 12 years ago
Well they're quite good as far as formatting goes and the promoting the site thing is a good bonus...
12 years ago
I'm surprised they haven't tried to make it social in some way, every other web service now has some kind of social element.