SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 18, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Topic: Knol
Who’s Ranking For Knol? Hello, Wikipedia!
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 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 17, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Knol: Competitors Respond & Time To Limit The Aggregators?
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 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 14, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Knol – Google’s Play To Aggregate Knowledge Pages
Move over Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers, Mahalo, and Squidoo. Maybe. That’s because Google’s testing its own service to let people build a repository of knowledge. In fact, knowledge forms the core of the service’s name: Google Knol. Screenshot of Google Knol page (feel free to use this and those below, just link to this story, please) […]