Micro Persuasion: Wikipedia and Wikia are Dead. Google Just Killed Them
Google announced last night they are starting a project called knol that will allow anyone to create wiki-like pages on topics. In particular, Google is encouraging people who know a particular subject to write an “authoritative” article about it. The search engine will not vet any of the content, however, they will prioritize the most credible entries and rank them first in search results. It remains unclear how Google is measuring credibility – a scary thought
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