Silicon Alley Insider wonders why Google Knol's still alive: With Google shedding sometimes cheap projects left and right, Eric Krangel wonders why Knol isn't slated for the chopping block. The Wikipedia-ish competitor requires a lot more authority for writing and editing articles, which has limited its scope. It's also not very interesting. Wikipedia may have its problems about many hands watering down the soup, but it also has a remarkable breadth of interest and depth in particular areas.
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