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An overview of the Knol project. Please help us improve Knol by asking any questions you may have, or by commenting on a product feature or your product experience. You can submit questions and feedback using the Questions and Answers section at the bottom of this page.

Knol makes it easy for you to write and share your knowledge with the world. 

Check out this Howcast video on how to create a knol:

How To Create a Knol


Knol offers:
  • Ease of use
    All you need is an account, a name and a desire to write and we'll take care of the rest.
  • Control
    You specify the level of collaboration you want with the community. Your knol, your voice.
  • Community
    You can connect with other experts in your area of interest to share and grow knowledge.
  • Visibility
    We value and promote authorship. Great content will be visible on any search engine.
  • Growth
    Sharing your knowledge with the world is rewarding for everyone.
Here are a few knols we've written to help you get started:

Welcome to Knol
  • What can I write about?
  • Can I collaborate with others?
  • How will people find my knol?
Writing Knols
  • How do I write and save a knol?
  • How do I publish a knol?
  • How do I establish my credentials?
Best Practices: How to Write Good Knols
  • Things to do
  • Things to avoid
Disclaimer. Knol is a user-generated site. That means the articles submitted by users are not edited, fact-checked, or screened before they post. See our Content Policy guidelines for further information.

Documentation Pages

Knol Features, from A to Z

Discussion Pages

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Use the following links to request new features, report bugs, or make suggestions. 

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    Questions and Answers


    Jesus Martin Calvo

    Problems in the editor

    I am having some troubles working with images in the editor, I remember months ago the images could be resized dragging the mouse. Does it happen only in the Spanish version?

    Last edited Jul 3, 2009 11:41 AM
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    Kimberly Jones-Cash

    I have received an email from google.com to grant access for Adsense..

    When then I click on the link provided, it says

    Error
    We apologize for the inconvenience, but we are unable to process your request at this time. Our engineers have been notified of this problem and will work to resolve it.




    © 2009 Google - AdSense Blog - AdSense Forum - Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Program Policies


    This really needs to be corrected asap so that I can have Adsense on my page.

    Thnx

    Last edited Jul 3, 2009 9:57 AM
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    Krushna

    How do I delete a unpublished knol

    Hi,

    I created duplicate knols during draft and want to delete the unwanted ones. How do I do it?

    Thanks, Krushna

    Last edited Jul 1, 2009 2:49 PM
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    Koen Samyn

    Ratings

    Is it possible to reset the ratings of a knol. I have a knol (http://knol.google.com/k/koen-samyn/view-frustum/2lijysgth48w1/17#) that has a 1/5 rating and can't get out of it allthough I asked some people to review (and they gave a favorable rating).

    regards,
    Koen

    Last edited Jun 30, 2009 1:58 AM
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    Anonymous

    Knol and IE8

    Hello,

    I have just discovered Knol (sorry), so I don't know if this is a problem with Knol or with my browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 8). The problem is as follows; I use the Knol home page and click on any category. On the bottom of that page I can click on "more" to see abstracts of more knols, which I do. After reading the knol, I use the back arrow to look for another knol. But instead of returning to that page the way I left it, the page's "next" count is reset back to 1. This makes it more difficult to browse to all of the knols. Please advise.

    Last edited Jun 29, 2009 10:15 AM
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    Hemi Englisher

    Why am I an Anonymous??

    I have published few articles on my name.. but now hey show that the author is an Anonymous, why?

    The articles i have published:
    Mogok
    The Spinel of Namyarziek
    Spinel Story

    Last edited Jun 29, 2009 10:35 AM
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    Sajid Khan

    Untitled

    Dear Sir:
    I have a 10 knol quota for each day. I had published some knols without any writing and these were flaged by someone. The following message came up:
    This knol has been flagged and removed from public display.
    Is it possible to find out who did this? And can this be undone?

    Jun 23, 2009 4:15 PM
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    Sajid Khan

    How can I translate my important knols into other languages if my quota is so low?

    Dear Sir:
    Is there a way around the following?
    Sorry! You have exceeded the number of CAPTCHA attempts that we allow. Please try again tomorrow.
    Also can I translate into all the languages of google translate at once?

    Last edited Jun 21, 2009 9:23 AM
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    Knol Help
    Helping authors since 2008
    Mountain View, CA
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    Closed collaboration
    Only owners and authors may edit the knol
    Version: 134
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    Last edited: May 28, 2009 11:37 AM.

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