Add Your Unique Experience to the Human Knowledge Pool - Publish on Google Knol

Knol Author Foundation Would Like to Invite All Those Who Want to Change the World to Join Us. Knol is Looking for Your Unique Experience to Add to the Human Knowledge Pool.

It is now three years since Knol, a platform conceived by Udi Manber, vice President of Google. Today it has reached a new milestone. Knol has grown into the top 1000 web platforms.

Those who do not know what is knol here is some background: The knol platform is a world stage for sharing knowledge. Wikipedia has the same objective. Then why do we need knol? Wikipedia is about sharing accredited knowledge; knowledge that is well defined universally. Knol's aim is to go beyond that. Knol wants to know what is our individual interpretation of accepted knowledge. And if our interpretation expands the frontiers of knowledge then that is what knol is all about.

Udi believes that every person has a story to tell, and that out of these stories emerge unique insights where at least some stories may have universal lessons. So do you have some new knowledge to share? Please start sharing your insights on knol and please join us.

Udi's vision of knol is to help provide the knowledge of life and everything else in it so that the world can turn the corner to a better and better life. From the ignorant to the sage all are welcome. As long as it helps someone, even if this is your own self. You can buy, sell, promote, recruit, share, help, seek help, advise, seek guidance, start a school on knol, start a radio show, post a weekly magazine, news letter, research journal and even propose marriage on knol etc., etc.! You can do anything on knol as long as it is legal and it helps mankind. We at knol want knol to be a foundation of knowledge that is a positive factor in life and everything else in it, for all humanity. We want to change the world through global knowledge that comes through every nook and cranny of the world. Because real change can come only when every one is actively involved.

Knol is a wiki-based platform with focus on academic, informative and knowledge focus articles.

Source: A Press Release by Knol Author Foundation

Top Blogs and Bloggers on Blogspot - Blogger Platform

Blog is an online format for providing information to readers. The format facilitate multimedia presentation. Many newspapers and magazines have adopted online medium to provide content to their readers. They also adopted blog format for providing news and features.

Blogs have provided a vehicle to many journalists to become independent writers and news reporters. Many bloggers or writers using blog format are making incomes equal to salaries in the established newspapers. Some of the successful blogs on the blogger or blogspot platform are given in a knol article (collection)

Top Blogs and Bloggers on Blogspot - Blogger Platform

Blogger Buzz: Blogger’s fresh new look

31 August 2011

Blogger Buzz: Blogger’s fresh new look

Blogger announced major updates to Blogger platform that will make using blogger more faster and efficient.

Rally from Hiranandani Estate in Support of Jan Lokpal Bill

Sunday, 21.8.2011
Hiranandani Estate, Ghodbunder Road, Patlipada, Thane (W)

A big rally in support of Jan Lokpal bill under the auspices India Against Corruption organization started from Hiranandani Estate at the announced time 6.00 p.m. At the starting point there were around 300 persons in the rally. Children as well as old persons were in the rally. By the time the rally touched the main highway of Ghodbunder Road, the people in the rally swelled to 750. As many times it is said, the persons in the flats do not want, it is heartening to note 750 persons from an elite area joined the rally. The rally was supported by Hiranandani Estate Residents Welfare Association, Hiranandani Estate News, Hiranandani Estate Rotary Club, Hiranandani Estate Sindhi Sabha and Hiranandani Estate Ayyappa Seva Samiti. The process will go to many other residential area en route to Talao Pali near Thane Railway Station. The procession began with good number of persons at it starting point.

Rallies in Ghodbunder Road Area, Thane in Support Jan Lokpal Bill

On Sunday, 21.8.2011, there was rally in the Ghodbunder Road area of Thane, Maharashtra. The rally was organized by residents association of Ghodbunder Road area. The rally started at Swastik Residency, Anand Nagar went through various housing societies, Vijaya Nagari, Vasant Leela, Hiranandani Estate, Rutu Estate, various estates in Brahmand area and stopped at Brahmand bus stop. Various people addressed the gathering at the end of the rally. Around 200 persons including young and old and ladies and gentlemen participated in the rally and shouted slogans in support of Jan Lokpal bill with enthusiasm. This rally was held in morning and it reached Hirandani Estate at around 11.30 am.

In the evening another rally was planned to start 6.00 pm and this rally is up to Talao Pali, near Thane Railway Station. The rally will take a route of around 10 kilometres and it starts from Hiranandani Estate, Ghodbunder Road, Thane. Patlipada residents are planning a rally within the streets of the areas also in the evening. Thus it seems that more and more people are showing support to Jan Lokpal bill agitation being spearheaded by Anna Hazare even in remote areas of the country.

Singapore National Day - 9 August 2011

Singapore celebrates National Day on 9th August. On 9th August 1965, Singapore became an independent State.

For the National Day and Parade of 2011, its 46th Independence Day, Singapore chose the theme Majula!The Singapore Spirit. Majulah! means onward. It calls on Singaporeans to move forward together to overcome challenges and build a better Singapore. The logo for the occasion also symbolizes it.
(Source: http://www.ndp.org.sg/#/about/theme-and-logo)

The events for the National Parade started with an exhibition on 31st July 2011 and the exhibition will go up to 14th August.

There are 15 videos on the NDP official website. ( http://www.ndp.org.sg/#/about/fun-stuff/videos )

DigitalJournal.com - A Citizen Journalist Site

DigitalJournal.com began as a technology news site in 1998.


Based on readers' feedback and suggestions, it started participating in the news-gathering process.

In 2006, it started paying writers who contributed news from around the world. Thus, DigitalJournal.com has been a pioneer in online revenue-sharing, as well as a pioneer in the world of participatory media, user-generated news and citizen journalism.

DigitalJournal.com is now an alternative news network for people who want to read news, contribute to reporting, debate and discuss news and events from around the world.


Today, DigitalJournal.com emphasizes to readers: "It is a social news site powered by people just like you. Made up of professional journalists, citizen journalists, bloggers, passionate writers and regular Joes and Janes."




Contributors are known as "Digital Journalists" and they offer news from multiple perspectives. Special attention is placed on quality and accuracy.

DigitalJournal.com has Digital Journalists in 175 countries around the world, and it invites all to contribute.

It states, "To get started, simply set up a free account and you can start contributing immediately: Write news articles and blogs, upload images, embed videos, join or start your own Groups, comment on articles, blogs and photos, and vote for articles and images that matter to you."

Everyone can contribute to DigitalJournal.com through blogs, images, video and groups

Digital Journalists have a chance to get paid to report the news.

On 30.7.2011, according to quantcast report (http://www.quantcast.com/www.digitaljournal.com, digital journal has 93,800 US visitors per month and is ranked 18,096 in USA websites.

Source for the article: http://www.digitaljournal.com/corporate/about_us.php

The Conversation: The Academician as a Journalist Site

The online publication "The Conversation-Beta" engages academicians as journalists to provide news. Academicians from a Group of Eight universities (ANU, University of Adelaide, Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, and University of Western Australia) plus University of Technology, Sydney, CSIRO, and the Australian Science Media Centre have agreed to contribute to the publication.

The Conversation Media Trust, a not-for-profit company owns the publication and the publication is based in Melbourne, Australia. (Source: About The Conversation)

The sections available are:

Business + Economy
Environment + Energy
Health + Medicine
Politics + Society
Science + Technology

The articles are licensed under creative commons - Attribution - No derivatives.

Knol Top 1000 Website?

Knol is a website of Google. It is an article publishing platform with more focus on academic articles. But, Knol is an open platform and articles on entertainment as well as shopping can be posted on it and there is a welcome sign for it, as they are included in homepage categories. There was a feeling in social media that Knol is a failed product. But is it a failed product? What are the facts.

According to http://www.quantcast.com/knol.google.com 251.2 K US monthly people visit Knol. It is a good number. Because to get global numbers, you have to multiply it by 10 as Knol is getting visitors from all the countries in the world and it has articles in many languages of the world. It means 2.5 million global monthly people. It is a respectable number.

Based on the top 1000 web sites released by Google, many websites are stating that top 1000 website requires 4.1 million unique visitors per month.

Is knol getting 4.1 million visitors already?

The knol portfolio of a top author is getting 47,111 unique absolute visitors per month. Assume it is one percent of visitors to Knol (There are thousands of authors on Knol and more than 600,000 articles). Knol may be getting 4,711, 100 visitors per month. More than 4.1 million unique visitors per month. Knol might have already earned top 1000 rank in one dimension.

A knol post Knol Top 1000 Website? is already made to record it.

From tomorrow 27 July 2011, Knol starts its fourth year of public operations. Happy Fourth Year for Knol. Best wishes.

What is News?

In the citizen journalism workshop that I attended during 22 - 24 July 2011, this question was asked.

According to Oxford Dictionary, the meaning of news is new or interesting information, It is report of fresh events. It has also the meaning of medium of medium for transmitting the news and hence included in the titles of many newspapers.

Citizen Journalism Course

I saw a write-up on citizen journalism workshop and attended it in Mumbai during 22-24 July 2011. The faculty Dr. Aloke Thakore strongly urged all participants to start writing and not just have the certificate of participation in files. Apart from my interest, that persuasion prompts me to start this initiative.