Knol suffers from a poor brand. You can't tell people about it without having to spell it, the domain is not knol.com, the logo is weak, and the site design doesn't inspire confidence.
The main problem with Knol is that none of these experts are working to create one definitive article on a single subject, which is what Wikipedia is doing. It's all very well having a collection of articles on a subject written by experts, but I use Wikipedia because it generally has good detailed summaries of subjects.
Nor has Citizendium and its expert-based formula gotten much article volume; they're (also) seemingly stuck between the likes of EB and the sheer volume (in multiple senses) of Wikipedia.
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 30.7 ms ] threadThey, like the world, should want to help Wikipedia thrive. Wikipedia is good. The enemy of good is bad, therefore google is bad.
The logic is undeniable.