Is Google's Knol just a "Googlepedia" or can it be more?
k nol - a unit of knowledge PROPOSAL: THE FUTURE OF KNOL Unfortunately, I 've read some disappointing blog articles comparing Knol with Wikipedia suggesting that Knol has nothing more to offer. The truth is that Knol has a tremendous potential but I feel that it has taken the wrong road. My proposal for Knol google team is to move from Knol-articles to Knol-Journals and introduce new online author collaboration tools (groups, mailing lists). KNOL: ADAPT OR BECOME EXTINCT Charles Robert Darwin (1809 – 1882) Image by Flickr I start my proposal with some basic biological principles. We all know that animals compete for food. If two different species compete for exactly the same kind of food in the same habitat, it is likely that one of those species will become extinct and the other will survive. This is a basic principle in evolutionary ecology. Why am I saying this? Knol has made a great mistake by starting like a “G