I reported here about Knol when it started up but I forgot all about it. I use Wikipedia here all the time. I never even think of checking Knol.
“Knol is a Google project that aims to include user-written articles on a range of topics. The project was led by Udi Manber of Google, it was announced on December 13, 2007 and was opened in beta to the public on July 23, 2008 with a few hundred articles mostly in the health and medical field. On January 16, 2009, Google announced that Knol had grown to 100,000 articles, and users from 197 countries and territories visit Knol on an average day.
Knol pages are "meant to be the first thing someone who searches for this topic for the first time will want to read", according to Manber. The term knol, which Google defines as a "unit of knowledge", refers to both the project and an article in the project. Several experts see Knol as Google's attempt to compete with Wikipedia, while others point out the differences between the projects…” Wikipedia
I looked around today and there is a lot of great content on Knol. Just one “unit of knowledge” that I found was “Bikinis – the rundown on skimpy swimwear.” An interesting thing is that the content you can read it or listen to it. I will still be using Wikipedia and I do not think they are the same. But if I can remember I may be using links to Knol more.
