On 14/12/2007, Utkarshraj Atmaram utcursch@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.