Posts Tagged ‘Wikipedia’

OMG why didn’t I find this sooner? It’s a Wiki search site in Ajax that uses Google’s API. The search results are displayed column style on the left hand side of the page. The site is self explanatory, so I’ll let the screen grabs do all the talking. Click the thumbnail on the left [...]


I wanted to see if Knol had a Wikipedia page – and sure enough, it did:

Check this out (highlighted):
Several experts see Knol as Google’s attempt to compete with Wikipedia.[6]
“attempt to compete” – and it’s referenced haha. Correct me if I’m wrong but I went on Knol to look for Wiki, but they didn’t have one. [...]


Google’s Wikipedia equivalent, Knol, launched today (see the announcement on their blog) Of course, I went to see it. I mean… it’s Google? Why wouldn’t I? Annnnd here’s what I found:

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My first impression? Baffled. Seriously. “Where do I start?”
So I clicked on a featured article, “How to Unclog Toilets”, and was pleasantly [...]