Google Knol

It is that time of the year again. I am urged to start writing, on something, anything.

Google has just unveiled a new software called the Google Knol. It is some sort of a wiki, however each writer can identify herself. The idea is to provide information from experts with their signature underneath.

It is very similar to a focused blog or a personal webpage on a specific subject, though you get the chance of a higher ranking as this page would definitely be linked to. Also I have read somewhere that writers can publish their work and use Google contextual ads with their articles to earn some Google Adsense money.

I am not sure how this will be received by the community. However I think that the close moderation, a setting forbidding other users to edit the content will somehow decrease the value as your comments will be everything you can say for the subject (yet I am not sure if it is possible to add multiple content over the same subject). Also the site is very slow currently, however with a nice Googly touch on the design.