Anyone using Google Knol for blog traffic?

[AdamKirby]

I recently took a 2nd look at Knol, and am thinking about trying it out to drive traffic to my blog. Any members here have experience with Knol?

[BGJ33]

Great question. I have never heard of that but I will research it.

[Indyan]

Originally Posted by BGJ33

Great question. I have never heard of that but I will research it.

It is Googles attempt at creating a wikipedia. It was all over the web when it was released.

Its a pretty crappy product and is full of spam. Not sure how many people use it and how much traffic you will get.
But I do intend to write a couple of articles each on Squiddo, Hubpages, and Knol in the future. Knol maybe useful from PR perspective.

[YoungRamblings]

Just another over-hyped Google invention no one uses.

To be placed alongside their MMORPG, word editing and chat services. Awkward stuff that failed miserably.

[Maya]

I've given it a try and posted some articles, they really don't see much traffic though they are highly rated.

[Captured Ink]

Thanks for the post, I have never hear of it either.

[Indyan]

Originally Posted by YoungRamblings

Just another over-hyped Google invention no one uses.

To be placed alongside their MMORPG, word editing and chat services. Awkward stuff that failed miserably.

To be fair I use Google Docs as well as G!Chat and G!Talk (and a lot of my friends prefer it over stuff like y!m because it just works).

But, yeah Knol will probably count among the google initiatives that flopped.

[YoungRamblings]

Originally Posted by Indyan

To be fair I use Google Docs as well as G!Chat and G!Talk (and a lot of my friends prefer it over stuff like y!m because it just works).

But, yeah Knol will probably count among the google initiatives that flopped.

Crikey!

It's a G! user in the wild!

Don't see many of them.

[knubbl]

Haven't used it either but it just doesn't seem to work. Otherwise everyone would be writing articles for it by now.

None of the really important have mentioned using it either.

[QuirkyJessi]

Wow, it's been a while since I've heard Knol mentioned. I suppose it's worth a shot to see if it'll drive any traffic to your site, but I'm not sure it'll be worth the time.