So, Google has started the beta of Knol. The Dutch steam cleaning equipment producer Knol seems to be quite happy, because I won’t be the only one that simply typed in “www.knol.com” and was surprised by what I saw…
More seriously: I was a bit disappointed after a “short walk” through the Google Knol offering. There are just too few articles, sorry “Knols” (aka “a unit of knowledge”), to make it attractive to publish own ones. I’ve searched for a “knol” on Berlin and I’ve found only two articles. None of them has to do with Berlin as a city. The “knols” contains only few links to other resources. On the other hand if you search e.g. for “obama” you’ll find 19 “knols”. So, which one is the most convincing? Am I supposed to read through all of them?
Conclusion: I don’t see the value-add of knol.