It is nothing specific to the internet industry either. Microsoft did the same for years, and before that it was IBM. I agree that it is a bit sad that Google can kill off complete ecosystems of startups just by releasing a semi-done project to their gigantic user base, but sorry to say that is the name of the game.
#SQUIDOO DEADPOOL FREE#
The irony is that by doing all the complaining about Knol the blogosphere are once again giving Google lot’s of free publicity. The paranoia around Knol is that Google will kill Squidoo (whatever) and Wikipedia (yeah, right) by rolling over them with their user base and Mr. Read more about Google Knol in the Official Google Blog, Read/Write Web or TechCrunch. The writers of a Knol have the option to get a share (50% is the speculation) on all advertising revenue Google makes from the article. If there are several related Knol’s then the users will help rank them and in that way provide quality assurance. Google will host the article and hightlight it when somebody search for releated keywords in their search engine.
Google Knol will allow you to write an article about a specific subject. I do not see much difference between what Google have been doing for years and what they will be doing with Knol. The blogosphere and the twittersphere (is that a real word yet?) are going crazy around Google Knol, mostly it is FOG (= Fear Of Google) and paranoia.
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