Obasanjo writes, "Google is tipping it's search results to favor Knol. Or at least that is the conclusion of several search engine optimization (SEO) experts and also jibes with my experiences." He Danny Sullivan, who writes, "I was surprised to see a post covering how Knol's How to Backpack was already hitting the number three spot on Google. Really? I mean, how many links could this page have gotten already?" Also, Aaron Wall notes that "if Google notices duplicate content then it favors the content on Knol over a site that has existed for years and has decent PageRank."
Allison Kipta on 14 Aug 08Social bookmarking allows individuals to share resources and links. Del.icio.us and Digg are two prominent examples. Digg and del.icio.us are surprisingly effective at capturing the zeitgeist within a group of web users. Bookmarks grow in popularity based on how frequently they are saved. Bookmarking serves as an information filter - if thousands of individuals found a particular resource to be valuable (or at least of interest), it can be assumed to be of greater significance or originality.
