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Re: Google's Knol: More Rules, More Accountability, More Money
Posted by: Chris Maxcer 2008-07-24 14:23:40

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While the beta testing seems never to end at Google -- Gmail is still in beta well past age 4 -- the world's largest search engine and advertising machine has released to the public a new knowledge base called "Knol." A "knol," according to Google, is a unit of knowledge. More specifically, Google says Knols are authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. The company first announced Knol late last year, and instead of populating its databases with articles from everyone, Google kept Knol an invitation-only party -- until now.

An interesting alternative to BOTH KNOL & WikiPedia
Posted by: LatitudeU 2008-07-30 12:13:33 In reply to: Chris Maxcer

Beyond WikiPedia and now KNOL is a new website that proliferates training, teaching and learning on virtually any subject where authors of those programs can contribute (for free) or charge (for fees) for their knowledge and content. Additionally, this same website provides a global training provider directory where training providers in any training, teaching or learning domain can provide a FREE listing. Sign-up and Membership to this website is completely FREE to all and courses are free or paid based on the wishes of the provider. Go to:

http://www.latitudeu.com to see this OPEN alternative to KNOL and WikiPedia.

Contact: David Burta at dburta@gmail.com for additional information.
Posted 19:53 30 Jul 2008 by David Burta