Google Knol is a great Web 2.0 application for anyone to use and benefit from. Since its development and introduction into the market, Google began to compete with Wikimedia and it’s ever expanding Wikipedia in the information era to allow the consumers of the world to use and contribute to the ever changing industry of information.

With these two applications in existence, any and everyone can benefit from their information. The articles that are produced are vast and cover a wide range of topics that may spur the interest of many businesspeople, companies, employers, and employees alike. Businesses can post a Google Knol about their own company for others to see and attract business and sales of their products, employers can post possible job listings and qualifications in a knol as well, and prospective employees would benefit from looking up such information on Wikipedia or Google Knol before going on a job interview in order to be a better candidate for a job listing that he or she was applying for.

So, as anyone can see, anyone can use Google Knol or Wikipedia to gain knowledge on just about anything. After all, you don’t have to be Einstein to know about his law of relativity.

Just in case you have any question about Google Knol, the following is a video about a complete explaination of Google Knol. Thanks and have fun!

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: