On 14/12/2007, Utkarshraj Atmaram <utcursch(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"A knol on a particular topic is meant to be the
first thing someone
who searches for this topic for the first time will want to read."
<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html>
It's too early to say, but the success of Knol may
spell extinction
for projects like Citizendium: most "experts" would prefer to retain
sole authorship of their articles and get paid for it.
And of course, it may spell doom for Wikipedia as well. Knol will
certainly provide a more authoritative, more reliable source of
knowledge than Wikipedia:
Sounds like
about.com II, or Scholarpedia.
- d.