tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post8464642366950760676..comments2023-10-05T06:39:23.540-04:00Comments on Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check: Wikipedia Competitor Being Tested by Google - New York Timespbokellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207982160283918003noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post-42175803093335741782008-01-02T21:43:00.000-05:002008-01-02T21:43:00.000-05:00There's a good page explaining how about.com gener...There's a good page explaining how about.com generates revenue:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=767877" REL="nofollow">http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=767877</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>It seems to involve a corner of the online advertising world that Google doesn't dominate yet, and may well explain the attraction (at least, part of it) of experimenting with Knol.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732322891474765065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post-34036026510547441752007-12-17T06:05:00.000-05:002007-12-17T06:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments -- I agree, and suspect th...Thanks for the comments -- I agree, and suspect the advent of Knol may ultimately lead to a wider appreciation of Wikipediapbokellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207982160283918003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post-62656656805109021192007-12-17T02:35:00.000-05:002007-12-17T02:35:00.000-05:00the main 'advantage' in google's model is its insi...the main 'advantage' in google's model is its insistence on individualizing content, so as to enable content producers to profit. but this is no advance in a field where information should be as universal and free of individual bias as possible. <BR/><BR/>wikipedia's greatness lies in its collaborative non-commercial model whose main purpose is to arrive at a 'truth' as widely accountable as possible, whereas knol and others would have profit-making subsume the knowledge itself. <BR/><BR/>i suppose the world can stand another moneymaking tool, but knol certainly will not replace wikipedia's elegance and hard-won universality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post-36948164163405123042007-12-15T18:08:00.000-05:002007-12-15T18:08:00.000-05:00Knol's model of having a writer submit content in ...Knol's model of having a writer submit content in exchange for a split of ad revenue is identical to About's model with its guides, and no one views About as anything but a Web publisher. Of course, Google gave up its content "purity" a long time ago by buying the largest video site on the Web and a photo-sharing service, but at least now everyone will see Google for the content-publishing deathstar that it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com