Definitions for knol
knol

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1. Knol

   Knol was a Google project that aimed to include user-written articles on a range of topics. The lower-case term knol, which Google defined as a "unit of knowledge", referred to an article in the project. Knol was often viewed as a rival to Wikipedia.The project was led by Udi Manber, a Google vice president of engineering. It was announced on December 13, 2007, and was opened in beta version on July 23, 2008, with a few hundred articles, mostly in the health and medical field.Knol did not find a significant audience and became viewed as a failure. The project was closed on April 30, 2012, and all content was deleted after October 1, 2012. The Internet Archive has snapshots of Knol archived between July 2008 and May 2012.

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1. Knol

   Knol was a Google project that aimed to include user-written articles on a range of topics. The project was led by Udi Manber of Google, announced December 13, 2007, and was opened in beta to the public on July 23, 2008 with a few hundred articles mostly in the health and medical field. Some Knol pages were opinion papers of one or more authors, and others described products for sale. Some articles were how-to articles or explained product use. Other people could post comments below an article, such as to refute opinions or reject product claims. Lower-case, the term knol, which Google defined as a "unit of knowledge", referred to an article in the project. Several experts saw Knol as Google's attempt to compete with Wikipedia, while others pointed out the differences between the projects. On January 16, 2009, Google announced that Knol had grown to 100,000 articles, and users from 197 countries visited Knol on an average day. Since then, the Public Library of Science Currents: Influenza and the Harvard University-sponsored forum for Healthcare Information Technology Platform have utilized Knol-based collections for rapid exchange of research. On November 22, 2011, Google announced that Knol was to be phased out in favor of Annotum. It was closed on April 30, 2012, and all content was deleted by October 1, 2012.

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1. KNOL

   What does KNOL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the KNOL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. KNOL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Knol is ranked #104602 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Knol surname appeared 171 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Knol.
   
   97% or 166 total occurrences were White.

How to pronounce knol?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say knol in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of knol in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of knol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knol
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=knol
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html