Google Adds Audio To Knols, YouTube Comments; What’s Next?
Oct 10, 2008 at 2:25pm ET by Matt McGee
Google has added audio playback to some of its Google Knol articles; this page on Echocardiography is an example. Clicking on the "Listen" link in the upper right displays an audio player with surprisingly clear sound. Google Operating System recently pointed to more information on an Audio Knol help page:
We are experimenting with Audio Playback as an option for some knols, starting with a handful of English language featured knols. You can listen using our Flash player, or by downloading an mp3 file and using any mp3 player.
The page says additional languages may be added if the expe [...]
Filed in: Google: Knol, Google: YouTube & Video, Top News
The Day After: Looking At How Well Knol Pages Rank On Google
Jul 24, 2008 at 2:02pm ET by Danny Sullivan
We've been
assured that just because content sits on Google's Knol site, it won't
gain any ranking authority from being part of the Knol domain. OK, so a day
after Knol has launched, how's that holding up? I found 1/3 of the pages
listed on the Knol home page that I tested ranked in the top results. I came
away feeling that being on Knol does indeed give pages an advantage they
might not get if they'd been hosted on some other brand new web site.
I was surprised to see a
post covering Knol's
how to ackpack was already hitting the number three spot on Google.
Really? I mean, how many links [...]
Filed in: Google: Knol
Google’s Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation
Jul 23, 2008 at 1:36pm ET by Danny Sullivan
After six months
of testing, Google has formally rolled out
Knol, a service designed to let
people create pages of knowledge on any topic they choose. While Google says
Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia -- and there are good
arguments to back this up -- I still think the easiest way to describe the
service is Wikipedia with moderation. Below, more about this, the service in
general, and some of the issues it may raise for Google.
As many are aware, Wikipedia allows anyone to create and edit pages on
all types of topics. Need to know about the BS 546 electrical plug used by
old [...]
Filed in: Google: Knol
Who’s Ranking For Knol? Hello, Wikipedia!
Dec 18, 2007 at 7:48am ET by Danny Sullivan
Ah, sweet irony. Yesterday I spent some time
raising concerns
about knowledge aggregation sites like Wikipedia and the forthcoming
Google Knol
potentially ranking tops for every search conducted. Today, what's in the top
results for Knol? Yep -- a new
Wikipedia page on the topic!
The page was created yesterday and took less than 24 hours to show up.
Looking at the top results for Knol is also fascinating in how until last week,
the Google project wasn't announced, so the results had no reflection of it.
Today, they dominate the page:
Let's run down the list.
KNOL is also the ticker sy [...]
Filed in: Google: Knol, Search Engines: Mahalo, Search Engines: Wikipedia
Google Knol: Competitors Respond & Time To Limit The Aggregators?
Dec 17, 2007 at 10:49am ET by Danny Sullivan
Last week, our Google Knol - Google's Play To Aggregate Knowledge Pages
article covered the Wikipedia-like
Google Knol product that Google is testing and may release in a few months.
In that article, I noted how Knol was aimed squarely at services like Wikipedia,
Yahoo Answers,
Mahalo, and
Squidoo. Since them, some of those players have responded to the Google
challenge. Below, a look at what they are saying, as well as the complicated
issues when everyone wants a web site that ranks for everything -- including
Google.
Squidoo
Knol seems most like Seth Godin's Squidoo site. In Seth's respo [...]
Filed in: Google: Knol
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