Today, Microsoft announced that it’s discontinuing Encarta later this year, offering symbolic confirmation that Wikipedia is the world’s definitive reference guide. Microsoft acknowledges as such in an FAQ they’ve setup explaining the move and what existing Encarta customers can expect. The company writes, “Encarta has been a popular product around the world for many years. [...]
Writing an article on Wikipedia that provides valuable information on your market niche, while trying to provide information and link back to your own product in an ethical fashion may prove to be a lot more difficult than one would think it’d be. Gary Campbell, one of the original founders of web conferencing company WebTrain, [...]
Google introduced Knol, a Wikipedia style encyclopedia that anyone can edit but with some major differences: a) Wikipedia has one page per topic but that limit is relaxed on Google Knol – multiple authors can write on the same topic at different places. b) Wikipedia is currently free of advertising but contributors at Know do [...]
Knol contains Knols: authoritative articles about specific topics, written by people who know about those subjects. Now Knol is available to everyone. Read more on The Official Google Blog
Wikipedia has announced that at “Thursday, March 27, at 00:07 UTC” the worldwide article count for all Wikipedias hit 10 million. The 10 millionth article was posted on the Hungarian Wikipedia and is about Nicholas Hilliard, a 16th century English goldsmith and painter. If you are a stats junkie, Wikipedia has an in-depth stats archive [...]
Google Knol, which is the knowledge of users of Google, will be the competitor of Wikipedia, the on-line encyclopedia created by network users, and of the hybrid project Citizendium.org. Google Knol (contraction of knowledge), which is currently in beta and by invitation only, will contain signed articles and AdSense advertising space. Read more on TechCrunch.
Now all the Wikipedia users can legally mix their Wikipedia content with Creative Commons content. The Wikipedia and Creative Commons have signed a deal with the Free Software Foundation in order to extend a common manner in which the three can offer compatibility amongst the three entities. This partnership should make it easier for Wikipedia [...]
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