<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Google says &#8220;Mahalo&#8221; to&nbsp;Knol]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm, <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html">this new effort from Google</a> sounds suspiciously like Mahalo. At the LeWeb conference, Jason Calacanis, the guy who started <a href="http://www.mahalo.com">Mahalo</a> (a search engine that uses people to build more relevant results pages), pointed out many ways that Google&#8217;s main search engine is being polluted. Looks like Google got the message!</p>
<p>Tons more comment on Knol <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/071213/p119#a071213p119">is over on TechMeme</a>.</p>
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