Have you tried writing at Knol?

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  1. Ultimate Hubber profile image70
    Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years ago

    Since the panda update, this might be a good place to try your luck out. Knol is owned by Google and gives you 100% share of Adsense impressions.


    Can anyone share some knol success stories?

    1. Garrett Mickley profile image77
      Garrett Mickleyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I just started using it, I'll let you know how it turns out!

      1. Will Apse profile image89
        Will Apseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        It seems like a non-starter to me. I looked into it a while ago. I can tell you it is a very rare Knol that does well in the SERPS. The ad placement is terrible too.

        1. Garrett Mickley profile image77
          Garrett Mickleyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          The person who referred me to Knol has knols that get hundreds of hits a month.

          I'm not sure where they're coming from, but that sounds good to me.

          1. sunforged profile image70
            sunforgedposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            after HP, IB and X are probably your next best bets, no reason to join up with a proven dud. But to each their own ,every site was a non-performer at some point.

            But google owns tons of poor performers, the balance seems to weigh heavier on the fail side.

            1. Garrett Mickley profile image77
              Garrett Mickleyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

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              While I don't know how much $ they're making, I was able to get this info off of them just now. It's a co-worker of mine.  The traffic is there, I just don't know the profitability.

              If anything, it's another backlink to my hubs!

              1. thisisoli profile image72
                thisisoliposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                if I remember correctly know includes the nofollow attribute in it's header, so there is not much benefit in backlinks.

                1. Garrett Mickley profile image77
                  Garrett Mickleyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  That's partly true.  You have to become a "trusted" author.

                  http://knol.google.com/k/follow-vs-nofo … s-in-knol#

  2. sunforged profile image70
    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    I have never seen a Knol show up first page in a search.

    100% of nothing - since the placement is garbage as WA stated.

  3. thisisoli profile image72
    thisisoliposted 13 years ago

    I actually get decent traffic with Knol, which I drive to more profitable sites.  I have to admit though there is an element of 'luck' factor in there, only one article is doing well, everything else has leveled off a 10-50 daily visitors.

    My advice would be to team up with others and create collections with Knol, otherwise you will rarely get any traffic.

  4. GmaGoldie profile image82
    GmaGoldieposted 13 years ago

    Great tip - I didn't know about the revenue sharing.  This has been on my list - thank you very much!

 
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