Dec 18 2007
Knol.com Another Joomla Site in the News Print
Tuesday, 18 December 2007

There's been a lot of hype this week about Google's new Knol project that people have been comparing to Wikipedia, and there's a Joomla connection...

Who are the owners of Knol.com?

Knol.comIts a Dutch vacuum cleaner company who have been in business since 1969. They have a Joomla website using Virtuemart and a Rockettheme template. Apparently it crashed in the aftermath of the announcement, but its back online now and the owner Hilco Knol says he's not selling:


 "Till now have google don’t take contact with us we are positif suprised for using the name KNOL because it is my own name.

We want to launch our own products what you can see on our knol.com Internet site.

For the rest we see whats happening."

A Few Light-Hearted Knol Points

  • Has this been the worst year ever for big companies and domains names? After Microsoft forgot to buy Zune.com and Apple forgot to buy iPhone.com, I guess it was inevitable that Google would fail to buy Knol.com until after making their announcement and driving the price sky-high.

  • Will Knol vanquish Wikipedia in the same way that Google Checkout has killed PayPal and Google Video killed YouTube?

  • Yes, J.F.K. and bad joke fans, grassyknol.com has already been registered (December 17th this year) and caknoli.com (think about it ...) has also gone. Still available ... Knolcoward.com and KnolGallagher.com.


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Comments (2)Add Comment
Blacklist revenge from Google?
written by Jarret Dresch, December 28, 2007
Shouldnt Knol.com come up as a top ten search for the keyword "knol"? Surprising to see that its listed in none of the top 100....
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written by akteq, April 30, 2008
@ Jarret
You seem to by surprised!
When their 'MONSANTO' squad have got order to act, any web site datas can be sandboxed, and without rescourse. Google is the worst thing that have happened thanks to our relative connivence, and is proliferating out of reach.
In western countries of course. Out of this area, exotic web X.something Junkies are in reign.
The truth is that I'll end to organize RESISTANCE through something versatile (what can turn out to be akind of suicide or simply, ... a start.

MONEY MONEY§§§§ ... how smart people can be lost by vanity and blindness, till the times come to trouble.
Ask Bill smilies/grin.gif

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