In today’s market, competition is essential. That is the reasoning behind Google coming up with its Knol as a response to Wikipedia. In my first two blogs, I attempted to explain the difference between the two. I wanted to try and compare and contrast the two even futher this time.

Wikipedia was created first and has enjoyed great success by the Wikimedia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit foundation that has created an entire line of free-content projects. One does not have to be a scholar on any subject to edit or contribute to articles with Wikipedia. One could just simply be a casual reader and decide to edit or contribute to the articles. Here is a video on How to use Wikipedia:







Google decided to go a step farther than Wikimedia with its Knol project. Knol allows its users to create their own, individual articles and not allow anyone to contribute to the article unless they are invited to do so. The “author” may accept comments from people who view his or her Knol and decide to edit it and may also decide to collaborate with other “authors”. The following is a video on How to create a Google Knol: