NYTimes.com: Google’s Knol could compete with online content publishers
August 13th, 2008
Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Search
Google's recently launched online encyclopedia Knol is causing concern among other online publishers, who fear the company's business as a search engine could come into conflict with its new 'content publishing' venture. Google maintains that it is not creating content - posts to Knol are signed and edited by individual users - but acting as a 'conduit' on the web. Full story...