http://www.thestandard.com./node/124655/comments comments feed. en Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com. Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com. Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com. Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com. Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com. Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com. Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com. Google closes Knol by end of 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Google is on a rampage to get rid of its low-hanging fruit as a way to cut costs. Recently, the big G decided <a href="http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/">to drop Google Print Ads</a> along with <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-ends-google-video-uploads-shutters-notebook-catalog-search-dodgeball-jaiku-16166">a number of other products</a> like Jaiku, its Twitter-like competitor, and video uploads to Google Video. </p> <p>Google launched <a href="http://knol.google.com/k">Knol</a>, a Wikipedia competitor, in July 2008. Google boasts that Knol has <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/100000th-knol-published.html">published more than 100,000 articles</a>. That's great, except some say that <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-google-knol-six-months-later-wikipedia-need-not-worry.html">no one is reading Knol and the site's filled with low-quality content. </a></p> <p>Google apparently has no problems getting rid of products that don't gain traction. It dropped Lively, an online virtual community, just six months after it launched. </p> <p>Prediction: Google will announce by the end of this year that Knol will go bust. </p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/google-closes-knol-end-2009#comments co: google co: Wikipedia Facebook jimmy wales product: Knol social media Social Networking Software &amp; Web Yahoo Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:10:42 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 124655 at http://www.thestandard.com.