theorywatch

Google’s Knol has just announced its official launch, after six months in beta. Interestingly, since Knol’s distinctiveness is supposed to lie in its “moderated” feature, the fact that Wikipedia has recently announced an “approval system” which appears to work in a somewhat similar way is unlikely to be a coincidence. (I also love the fact that both competitors use the same font, which I believe is “American Garamond”regular, though if I had time, I’d certainly use Identifont to double-check….)

And here’s yet another Answer Man competitor, this one claiming to offer the “true knowledge answer engine”, (and, since it’s now in beta, perhaps at this point one might want to try it with some question about “hubris”, for instance….)