As we mentioned last week, Google, in spite of already having launched their Knol website, doesn’t own the domain name Knol.com. It is owned by Dutchman Hilco Knol, who sells steam cleaning equipment on that URL. He hasn’t sold the domain name yet, but it seems like he has been approached by Google with a [...]

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Google’s new Wikipedia-competitor, Knol, has made quite a splash lately. The strange thing is, Google doesn’t own the domain name Knol.com. It belongs to a Dutch company specialized in steam cleaning equipment. (Google’s Knol website is located at knol.google.com.) A burst of traffic to Knol.com The Knol.com website (i.e. the one not owned by Google) [...]

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