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I'll give you $50 for a worse brand name than Knol

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Re: I'll give you $50 for a worse brand name than Knol

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Cuil. Pay me.

I agree...this guy deserves the $50. Knol sucks, but at least - by merely looking at it - you can sorta pronounce it right. Good luck with anyone getting "cool" from "cuil". My first thought was "quill"?

Unfortunately, I can remember cuil because of the "pronounce like cool, or kewl" tagline. It is just as annoying as Xobni (Inbox backwards...). I wish I could think of names like that that nobody forgets after first hearing them.

Re: I'll give you $50 for a worse brand name than Knol

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Doesn't matter how horrible the name, as Google will be serving Knol pages in the top 10 for almost all revenue generating keywords soon.

If you want to get on board by writing your Knol page be warned; getting your money from AdSense only is considered risky, AdSense plus hosting your content with Google is even riskier.

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