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Jimmy Wales is driving me nuts

If it was not the banner featuring Jimmy Wales on their entire network, now I got a personalized email from Jimmy Wales himself.

This mail is largely because I have donated to Wikipedia in the past. Pretty long time ago.

Wikipedia is driving me nuts

I am not sure if I like this personalized mail asking me to donate again. I do not mind donating to Wikipedia… But I certainly do not like the pressure. From. Jimmy Wales. To donate.

Google Knol is interesting

This could BE the Wikipedia killer which no one was apparently waiting for.

Google Knol allows anyone with a Google ID to submit an article. The author gets the ability to allow Google advertising on the article.

The revenues generated from that advertising is shared with the author of the article. This factor alone is a good enough reason for people to share their knowledge here instead of Wikipedia.

If Google can keep the spam content/links away from this portal… This could be huge.

But I have a feeling that it would soon become a new addition to all those lists of websites which accepts user articles for SEO purposes.