Here Comes, Ariel’ The Knol Author Now A Blogger….
Image: A-Z Blogging Challenge 2012 by p v a
A post for the day one for the A To Z Blog Challenge April 2012
After a much thought, at last, I have decided to enter into this new challenge.
As usual almost at the fag end of the cut off time, I entered the fray to write about Ariel the knol author.
Luckily there is enough time to get into the list.
This is the second of such challenge I am participating in my 2-3 years of web writings.
First one, “A 7 Day Blogging Challenge for Bloggers” initiated by Jenson Taylor of U K.
Though I have completed the posting before the deadline, unfortunately, due to the technical problem with the program, my name did not appear in the voting fray.
Here is a link to have a quick glance at my “7 Day Blogging Challenge” contents.
When one of my co-author friends, a longtime associate in my web writing field, told me about this new challenge, because of my bad experience with the first challenge, my initial thinking was: – Hey, what man! What is this blog challenge business! This too will be the same as the previous one!
Not only that I thought this will be just a fun for the people who have no other business, especially the sit at home Moms/housewife’s business. And not much worth working with such writings. I said about this to another longtime friend and a close associate and a co-author of me said, “No Philips, it’s really worth entering in it. You and your writings will be exposed to many people and you may get a good traffic to your blog pages”
That point was good and I experienced that slight touch (the increase in page views in my blogs) from the previous one. Yes, my page traffic increased tremendously in those 7 days period. And that experience and challenge prompted me to enter into the new one A – Z blogging challenge for 2012
Before jotting down these lines for the challenge for the first day, my mind traveled fast to different things people and places. In that speed travel, I could think of many subjects to start with.
But suddenly my inner thoughts stopped me where I started. Yes, it stopped at me, the knol author, thus this thought about the person called ‘Ariel”
A Multilingual Freelance Writer, Editor, Blogger, Roundup Expert, Translator, Internet Marketer And A Social Campaigner. Manages different sites in English as well as in Malayalam. Born And Brought Up In Kerala. Now Based At Secunderabad Telangana, India. Facebook or
Can Reach At: philipscom55(@)Gmail [.] Com twitter: @PVAriel Skype Philva6
Stopping in as an A to Z Blogging Challenge participant. Please feel free to visit and comment on any of my blogs as well, leaving a link to your own post, so my readers can find you too!
All on Blogspot.com and all in the A to Z Challenge
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Hi to All, @ Cat, Thanks for dropping in, yes, thats true, Keep going, Best wishes for a Happy Blogging. @Doris, Thanks a lot for dropping in and for the comment @Linda, Thank you very much for the time to drop in. Sure, I will check later today and will come back. @Shannon Lawrence, Thanks for the visit and the comment. Keep watching Best Wishes to all Phil
Hi Philip ,
just saw your post on FB ,
What made me look is ,I do not know what knol author is ,
what is knol ? I thought I might find out here :-)
Instead, I see you go for a challenge,good for you :-)
I wish you all the best.
Erika Erika Mohssen-Beyk recently posted…A Thank You And Appreciation
Hi Philip ,
just saw your post on FB ,
What made me look is ,I do not know what knol author is ,
what is knol ? I thought I might find out here :)
Instead, I see you go for a challenge,good for you :)
I wish you all the best.
Erika
I am sorry, that was a very old post and i just updated it and posted,
Knol was a wonderful platform developed by the great search engine Google!
The word “KNOL” is the short form of “KNOWLEDGE”.
They planned it exactly like Wikipedia, that was going on well and many well known scientists,
authors and intellectuals were the main users of that platform, hot discussions and debates were going on with its users and everyone thought that it will surely beat Wikipedia!
But sad to say Google shut that shop after running few years, (I think just after 2 years). The reason they said is not enough staff to manage such a huge platform. May be the income flow too was not that they expected. To tell you the truth, that was a wonderful platform and I come across with many online friends via this platform and that paved way for me to develop my talents,. The users, though they were high profile writers and researchers they were very co-operative and helpful. I still have contact and relationship with many of them.
Though Google did shut the door, fortunately, all our contents they saved and made arrangements to migrate it to the WordPress platform. They had a tie-up with WP and allowed its authors to migrate it to WP or Blogger. com or other platforms.
A few years back that was a serious discussion on the pages of many other similar platforms!
In short, that shutting down made me to start my own blog! Indeed, “A blessing in disguise”!
I wrote thise information because of your curiosity to know What KNOL is!
I am sure many new friends here too do not know what it is! So it will give an idea. :-)
Hi NRao,
Thanks for dropping in
Thanks for the suggestions too
Keep writing
Keep posting
That is really
Interesting!
Best Regards
P V
Best wishes for endurance throughout the challenge.
Thank you Ajith Sir for the Good Wishes
Best
P V
Interesting article beginning with A.
I am in a hurry. Did not keep Happy Blogging Month March for H alphabet day.
I am very happy with the happengings in March 2012. So the hurry to express them.
Keep posting and sharing on Google+. There to read every day.
Nrao.
Hope you are able to keep up the blogs through the month. I suppose I should get mine put up, instead of reading everyone else’s!!
Have a great one,
Cat
Very good, Phil. Good choice of word.
Thank you for stopping by my blog and for your kind comment.
Good luck with the A to Z!
Doris
Love all the A-to-Z logos! Good luck to you in this challenge.
Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z
Yes, what is this blogging challenge thing? This is my first blog and my first challenge blog contest. Good luck to us all!
What a wild bunch of A to Z logos! Too fun.
Good luck with the April blogging!
Stopping in as an A to Z Blogging Challenge participant. Please feel free to visit and comment on any of my blogs as well, leaving a link to your own post, so my readers can find you too!
All on Blogspot.com and all in the A to Z Challenge
Meme Express: Blog Prompts & Topics for Writers
Nickers and Ink: Poetry & Humor
Heart of a Ready Writer: Bible and Devotional
Practically at Home: Home & How-To’s
The Mane Point: A Haven for Horse Lovers
Working in Words: Tips for Writers
You can click my name/icon for links to all these blogs!
Hi to All,
@ Cat, Thanks for dropping in, yes, thats true, Keep going, Best wishes for a Happy Blogging.
@Doris, Thanks a lot for dropping in and for the comment
@Linda, Thank you very much for the time to drop in. Sure, I will check later today and will come back.
@Shannon Lawrence, Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Keep watching
Best Wishes to all
Phil
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for dropping in and for the feedback. Good to hear from you again.
Good Go Ahead, Happy Blogging!!!
Good Luck!
Phil
Yay! I’m glad you managed to join up in time, I look forward to keeping up with you and learning about some new people :-)
Hi Philip ,

just saw your post on FB ,
What made me look is ,I do not know what knol author is ,
what is knol ? I thought I might find out here :-)
Instead, I see you go for a challenge,good for you :-)
I wish you all the best.
Erika
Erika Mohssen-Beyk recently posted…A Thank You And Appreciation
Hi Philip ,
just saw your post on FB ,
What made me look is ,I do not know what knol author is ,
what is knol ? I thought I might find out here :)
Instead, I see you go for a challenge,good for you :)
I wish you all the best.
Erika
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Erika Mohssen-Beyk recently posted…A Thank You And Appreciation
Hi Erika,
I am sorry, that was a very old post and i just updated it and posted,
Knol was a wonderful platform developed by the great search engine Google!
The word “KNOL” is the short form of “KNOWLEDGE”.
They planned it exactly like Wikipedia, that was going on well and many well known scientists,
authors and intellectuals were the main users of that platform, hot discussions and debates were going on with its users and everyone thought that it will surely beat Wikipedia!
But sad to say Google shut that shop after running few years, (I think just after 2 years). The reason they said is not enough staff to manage such a huge platform. May be the income flow too was not that they expected. To tell you the truth, that was a wonderful platform and I come across with many online friends via this platform and that paved way for me to develop my talents,. The users, though they were high profile writers and researchers they were very co-operative and helpful. I still have contact and relationship with many of them.
Though Google did shut the door, fortunately, all our contents they saved and made arrangements to migrate it to the WordPress platform. They had a tie-up with WP and allowed its authors to migrate it to WP or Blogger. com or other platforms.
A few years back that was a serious discussion on the pages of many other similar platforms!
In short, that shutting down made me to start my own blog! Indeed, “A blessing in disguise”!
I wrote thise information because of your curiosity to know What KNOL is!
I am sure many new friends here too do not know what it is! So it will give an idea. :-)
You can read more about it on this link: https://www.pvariel.com/philip-verghese-ariel-p-v-ariel-knol-author/
Or a search with the word Knol will give you more about this:
Here is that link https://www.pvariel.com/?s=knol
I appreciate your valuable time and the enthusiasm to know more about Knol, and ha thanks for your comment.
May you have a great rest of the week
Best Regards
~ Phil