Google's Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation

Source: Search Engine Land
URL: http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/343760824/080723-133642.php

After six months of testing , Google has formally rolled out Knol , a service designed to let people create pages of knowledge on any topic they choose. While Google says Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia -- and there are good arguments to ba ck this up -- I still think the easiest way to describe the service is Wikipedia with moderation. Below, more about this, the service in general and some of the issues it may raise for Google. Click to continue reading....