Comments on: Google’s ‘Knol’ is Direct Challenge to Media Companies

By: Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Wednesday squibs

Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media » Wednesday squibs — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:35:29 +0000

[...] take on Google’s new Wikipedia-like Knol, but these folks do: Andy Dickinson, Mathew Ingram, Danny Sanchez, and Darren [...]

By: Journalistopia » Google News drives $100 million in revenue to Google, says VP | Danny Sanchez

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:01:26 +0000

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By: Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » Random links (hand-coded!)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:36:45 +0000

[...] Sanchez points out that Google’s Knol (press release blog post) puts it firmly in the content creation category [...]

By: Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism

Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:46:02 +0000

Newspapers should have launched Google’s ‘Knol’…

Google’s new ‘how to’ site, called Knol, is something I’ve pitched to newspapers for the last four months during my job search. Now I’m sharing the plan with everyone. When I arrived at BostonNOW, one of the first programs I……

By: Danny Sanchez

Danny Sanchez — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:50:51 +0000

@quirkyalone About.com IS a media site. Additionally, it’s owned by the New York Times company. There are other Knol-esque sites out there already, such as Wikipedia, About.com, Squidoo, Yahoo! Answers and others. Google isn’t inventing radically different here; they’re just hoping to capitalize on their huge user base to make Knol competitive with those other sites.

I’ve also been hearing that argument that Google “is merely creating a platform.” Well, every media site out there sits on one platform or another. At the end of the day, Google is hosting content on their servers under their brand, paying contributors to write it and then making advertising revenue off it. That fits the definition of a media/content-driven site if I ever saw it.

By: quirkyalone

quirkyalone — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:17:24 +0000

I respectfully disagree. IMHO:

1) Knol is not Wikipedia-esque site, the concepts are very different. It’s more similar to About.com to me.

2) Google is not publishing Knol themselves, they only created the platform.

The important question not asked is – why media didn’t already create their own Knol?

By: Best of the Best » Google’s Knol - A Wikipedia Killer or a Blog Killer?

Best of the Best » Google’s Knol - A Wikipedia Killer or a Blog Killer? — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:31:56 +0000

[...] Update: for more thoughts on this see Journalistopia. [...]

By: Google Launches Knol Project

Google Launches Knol Project — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:08:46 +0000

[...] – and potentially dominating search results instead of sending it to others. Back in ‘06, their CEO said “We don’t do our own content. We get you to someone else’s [...]

By: Knol: Google’s Twitterpedia, and a medium for debate | This Laptop for Hire

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:39:12 +0000

[...] Some of the immediate reaction to this new service seems to center on what Knol’s impact will be on the Wikipedia and on media sites. And Knol does represent a shift for Google from being a conduit to content on the Internet to an actual content provider themselves. Some folks won’t be happy about that. [...]

By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Google competes with the internet

BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Google competes with the internet — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:23:25 +0000

[...] Sanchez quotes Eric Schmidt saying what Google has always said — and what I have repeated — when media [...]

By: Pixelisaion

Pixelisaion — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:44:18 +0000

Google as a traditional competitor? You’re kidding!

Traditional media produce content and aims at deliver it to their audience
Google enable individuals to produce content and help them deliver it to their peers.

In what way traditional media help me sharing my knowledge? No way!

By: Google Lanza Knol | Ficta eloquentia

Google Lanza Knol | Ficta eloquentia — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:16:36 +0000

[...] El Knol de Google se enfrenta directamente a las compañías de contenidos. Una muy interesante y sopesada información sobre los problemas que Knol puede plantear con el [...]