Google Knol

Google Knol

      free Internet-based encyclopaedia hosted by the American search engine company Google Inc.

      On Dec. 13, 2007, Google announced that it was getting into the online encyclopaedia business with Knol. In the company's self-proclaimed definition, a knol is a unit of knowledge. The Knol Web site was opened to the general public on July 23, 2008. Like Wikipedia, an open-source encyclopaedia, Knol is open to the general public; but unlike Wikipedia, participation in Knol requires a confirmation of identity before any articles or edits are allowed at the Knol Web site. Google bans pornographic, violent, and discriminatory articles.

      In exchange for giving up their anonymity, authors have an opportunity to allow ads from Google's AdSense on their Knol Web pages. By sharing with its authors any ad revenue generated by “page views” of their articles, Google hopes to induce submissions by professionals and highly qualified individuals. Authors may choose to allow edits by specific collaborators or open up their articles for editing by the entire Knol community. In addition, Knol operates as a free market, with no limit to the number of articles on the same subject. Google expects that well-written and maintained articles will rise to the top through user ratings. While Google does not edit or officially endorse any Knol article, its administration does choose a few articles to highlight on the Knol home page each day.

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