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Google aims at Wikipedia with Knol service

Google aims at Wikipedia with Knol service

Rediff.com17 Dec 2007

Google has taken direct aim at the widely-used Wikipedia with a project designed to supplant the collectively produced encyclopedia as the primary source for basic information on the Web.

Google launches online encyclopaedia

Google launches online encyclopaedia

Rediff.com24 Jul 2008

Users will be allowed to write articles on their own areas of expertise on the new free service called 'Knol,' which stands for unit of knowledge.