I read about Google’s answer to Wikipedia called Knol a couple of days ago when they launched it to the public. it’s funny that today, when I wanted to write about it, I went to http://www.knol.com and landed on the website of the REAL KNOL, a website owned by a Dutch company selling steam cleaning equipment.

The REAL Knol

So that’s one down for Google for not owning the domain name! Can you just imagine the surge in traffic for this Dutch site? That’s seriously funny!

Google Knol

Anyway, Knol is supposedly a “unit of knowledge” and what it strives to be is a database of authoritative articles on specific topics. This is for people who do not want to keep blogs, but who would still like to share their knowledge and publish an article online AND earn from AdSense.

People are already reporting that articles on Knol are getting higher search result rankings on Google Search Engine just like Blogger blog posts will get crawled and ranked faster, and this is a conflict of interest.

I foresee Knol replacing blogs for advertising solely for SEO purposes as SEO “experts” churn out knol after knol, you know?

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This little mobile app is really interesting. It allows mobile users to stream videos on the go to whoever they like. Or they could do a mass broadcast for users on Facebook or Twitter.

I may never use Qik because I am someone who dislikes appearing on the web in any form, but I do see its potential and how people from the younger generation, people who have no qualms broadcasting themselves on the web semi-nude or even totally nude, would adopt this new way of connectivity.

There are people who feel the need to connect and it used to be just via email, then instant messaging, then text messaging, MMS and now through video streaming.

It helps that mobile devices with the ability to capture videos are getting cheaper and cheaper but I have one fear of people misusing a feature like this. It is bad enough that there are people who would record their private bedroom moments. Can you just imagine if there are people who would broadest such a video stream online?

In an ideal world, Qik is great. I just wonder the telco charges which may be incurred by streaming videos.