Google debuts knowledge project

[gkd_uk]

Google has kicked off a project to create an authoritative store of information about any and every topic.
The search giant has already started inviting people to write about the subject on which they are known to be an expert.

Google said it would not act as editor for the project but will provide the tools and infrastructure for the pages.

Many experts see the initiative as an attack on the widely used Wikipedia communal encyclopaedia.

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[steve]

Thanks for the information

I will read it

[bochgoch]

Weird that Google would setup an alternative to Wikipedia - they favour Wikipedia in SERPS so much at the moment ... I guess their alternative will start taking over...

Also scary that Google are extending further and further into content publishing ...