Google has opened access to encyclopaedia Knol

Google has opened public access to own project of online encyclopaedias Knol competing with known Vikipediey, informs CyberSecurity. The basic difference of site Knol from Vikipedii consists that encyclopaedic articles for it have been written by professionals in a concrete field of knowledge (at least so is planned).

Edition The New Yorker which has allowed authors of articles to add additional materials to their publications became first partner Google in project Knol.

However there are also other distinctions betweenonline encyclopaedias. For example, authors of articles or, using terminology Knol, “nolov” can earn on the publications, placing on them advertising banners or having placed the block of contextual advertising Google, however in the latter case a profit part are collected to itself by the Internet giant.

Also from Vikipedii Knol differs that the author of each article is displayed also his name well for readers, besides, at articles can be and group of the authors which names also it is necessarily displayed. "Big enough difference consists that we on the foreground put forward a problem of protection of authorship. In long-term prospect Knol and Vikipediya can refer articles against each other. If Knol it will be successful, it will help Vikipedii", - Sedrik Dupont, the manager of project Knol is assured.

According to the vice-president on workings out Google Fish Manbera, name Knol occurs from English Knowledge (Knowledge).

"Our purpose consists in attraction to the project of various users. People who are familiar with that or other subject of knowledge and can coherently describe it in the article and will be users and authors Knol", - he speaks. Also in the company inform, that will be supported Knol both the company, and community of users.

"There are millions the users having various knowledge and ready to inform them, there are also billions people which will find this knowledge useful", - has noted Manber.

Users can make comments on articles and give them ratings. In turn authors can do the articles accessible to editing, allow to edit them only other authors or to make edition of the article accessible only for the author. Besides it, authors can indicate conditions of availability of the article - it can be accessible to everything, only to participants of community or only the author.

"We are assured, that the problem moderatsii on the one hand will decide set of problems, on the other hand it has also an underside - occurrence of a considerable quantity of identical articles", - Dupont speaks.

Encyclopaedia Knol is made by a portal principle, that is users can choose their interesting theme from the list, and can and search for a material under the name or a name of the author.

In fund Wikimedia welcomed creation of the new encyclopaedia, however have expressed fear as regards Google in results of search now frequently refers on Vikipediyu, especially at inquiry of various academic themes, after start of own project the priority will be unequivocally given a portal knol.google.com.