Comments on: Google’s Knol – A new Wikipedia? http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/ In Pursuit of Truth Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:27:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: prashanthellina http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-1048 prashanthellina Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:44:23 +0000 http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/#comment-1048 I am slightly sceptical of the model too. Let us wait and watch. I am slightly sceptical of the model too. Let us wait and watch.

]]> By: robojiannis http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 robojiannis Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:31:44 +0000 http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/#comment-1046 I don't really see how the presence of a single author/administrator can actually encourage Knowledge, though. I don’t really see how the presence of a single author/administrator can actually encourage Knowledge, though.

]]> By: prashanthellina http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-979 prashanthellina Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:12:50 +0000 http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/#comment-979 I think Google is a pretty smart company. By linking their products and sharing data across the user wins and Google gets a great deal of info about the user too (think personlized search results and Ads). Knol can be an ideal way to gather user interests (read http://blog.sairahul.com/2007/12/google-knol-it-is-quite-surprise-news.html). If someone takes time to write an article about a topic, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the topic is of interest to the user. I meant Orkut came a long time back but due to a lack of Vision got beaten by Facebook or even Myspace. Knol comes much after Wikipedia and only time will tell how things go. I think Google is a pretty smart company. By linking their products and sharing data across the user wins and Google gets a great deal of info about the user too (think personlized search results and Ads). Knol can be an ideal way to gather user interests (read http://blog.sairahul.com/2007/12/google-knol-it-is-quite-surprise-news.html). If someone takes time to write an article about a topic, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the topic is of interest to the user.

I meant Orkut came a long time back but due to a lack of Vision got beaten by Facebook or even Myspace. Knol comes much after Wikipedia and only time will tell how things go.

]]> By: Vinay http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Vinay Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:02:05 +0000 http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/12/15/googles-knol-a-new-wikipedia/#comment-977 Soon after this, they even came up with rolling out 'Centralized Profile!', chec TC > http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/15/google-starts-rolling-out-centralized-profiles/ ! Whats happening with Google... :P !!! Its getting crazy every day? Shouldn't it maintain its base (SE) and keep working towards it rather than covering up every little technology the internet has to offer & What did you mean by "Will Knol go the Orkut way or not?".... You meant the negative way.. of how its getting spammed heavily (alright have come down now after some major revamp!). But nevertheless its been targetted as 'Spammers Hub' with little/no privacy (fixed now :P). LoLs!! Soon after this, they even came up with rolling out ‘Centralized Profile!’, chec TC > http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/15/google-starts-rolling-out-centralized-profiles/ ! Whats happening with Google… :P !!! Its getting crazy every day? Shouldn’t it maintain its base (SE) and keep working towards it rather than covering up every little technology the internet has to offer

& What did you mean by “Will Knol go the Orkut way or not?”…. You meant the negative way.. of how its getting spammed heavily (alright have come down now after some major revamp!). But nevertheless its been targetted as ‘Spammers Hub’ with little/no privacy (fixed now :P ).

LoLs!!

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