Wikipedia is in danger. Google has just launched a new project that aims to overthrow the ever-present search engine: Wikipedia.
The new project is called Knol (http://knol.google.com/) and is in beta phase.
And Google does not want to be left behind on any of the fronts on which the Internet is advancing. Although it already leads in searches, free emails, maps, calendars, etc., it now wants to lead online dictionaries as well.
Knol is intended to be Google's answer to the Wikipedia phenomenon. According to Google itself, the name comes from the English word "knowledge" and it is going to be a knowledge database, self-contained like Wikipedia, but with stricter control over the published content.
One of the main differences between Knol and Wikipedia is that in Knol, experts will sign the articles, they will be able to include a photograph in their expert profiles and they will have a profile where the votes of the users on these authors will appear. The structure of the articles, on the other hand, will not vary much from those offered by Wikipedia.
So far, they have published 1,285 articles and it is only available in English. We will see how long it takes to reach 4 million Wikipedia articles…
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