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The term knol is named after a "unit of knowledge".
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Google claims that a knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.
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At the heart, a knol is just a web page; we use the word “knol” as the name of the project and as an instance of an article interchangeably.
Boing Boing 2007
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The system will centre around authored articles created with a tool Google has dubbed "knol" - the word denotes a unit of knowledge - that will make webpages with a distinctive livery to identify them as authoritative.
Archive 2007-12-01 Mia 2007
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The system will centre around authored articles created with a tool Google has dubbed "knol" - the word denotes a unit of knowledge - that will make webpages with a distinctive livery to identify them as authoritative.
Google as encyclopedia? Mia 2007
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Knol n. As defined by Google, a knol is a Web page on any subject, individually authored by a self-proclaimed expert (as opposed to collectively edited Wikipedia entries).
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I never knew till now dat there was a google owned site called knol ..
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Did that "knol" project from Google ever get off the ground?
"Wikipedia's bureaucracy is distinctly, fearsomely awful." Ann Althouse 2009
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Earlier this week, we started inviting a selected group of people to try a new, free tool that we are calling "knol", which stands for a unit of knowledge.
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At the heart, a knol is just a web page; we use the word "knol" as the name of the project and as an instance of an article interchangeably.
nobarking commented on the word knol
Derived as a pseudo acronym of knowledge, "Knol" attempts to create a unique word. But it's only a partial success. Knol is the stock market symbol for a corporation (Knology), and a not-so-uncommon surname. A Google search alert for "knol" produces steady off-topic hits.
So, what is a Knol? Elevator speech #1: Written knowledge created by someone claiming expertise.
Accessible at Knol.Google.com, knols survive or die based on reader interaction.
July 5, 2009