What Does Google “Knol” Regarding Product Naming and Domains?

Google’s latest hit is Knol, but it doesn’t own Knol.com.

Google employees some wicked smart people. So why can’t it figure out this whole naming and domain thing?

First it released Google Adsense. There was by now a marketing firm using the domain Adsense.com. (Ironically, that firm was turned down when it applied to join Google’s Adsense program.) Then it bought YouTube, which sent a heck of a lot of traffic to uTube.com.

Now Google has opened up its wikipedia like service Knol to the masses. Where do you go to find Google’s Knol? You can find it at knol.google.com. Knol.com is owned by a Netherlands firm that sells steam cleaning equipment. And it is now experience a surge of traffic.

In December, when Google disclosed a closed version of Knol, Knol.com received tens of thousands of visitors. And at least one person inquired regarding buying the domain. Here’s what the firm wrote on its web site at the time, translated loosely with the help of Google’s Toolbar:

On a blog from Google published an article which noted that Google was working on Knol. This is a kind of combination of Wikipedia and Encyclopedia personal paginabouwer Squidoo.

Knol is an abbreviation for “knowledge”, speaking of “nol”. Now you will think what that has to do with Tuberous StoomreinigingsSystemen?

Well, from that Friday there is immediately a true run in areas that had the word “Knol” in itself, as also the domain knol.com.

This has resulted in tens of thousands of visitors who came to take a look at the website of Knol.com! In a short time we had received visitors from more than 130 countries from around the world.

Fortunately, the website was able to be able strongholds and the site remained in the air. But that was not in, we were also alleman by Jan and asked if we wanted to sell the domain. Unfortunately, we have to disappoint everyone, how beautiful their offerings sometimes has been.

The firm has an update now that Knol is open to the public. As stated by the firm traffic is spiking. Knoll.com is probably getting some traffic too. As for KnolGoogle.com? Google owns it.

Perhaps I ought to write a knol regarding product naming and domain names…