Encouraging people to contribute knowledge

December 17, 2007 | Source: The Official Google Blog

Google is inviting a selected group of people to try a new, free tool they call “knol,” which stands for a unit of knowledge.

Similar to Wikipedia, the goal is to “encourage people who know a particular subject to write an authoritative article about it,” and Google hopes authors will cover all topics. Google says it will provide easy-to-use tools for writing, editing, and so on, as well as free hosting of the content.