Well, I'm assuming (hoping?) Google won't tamper with PageRank to give special consideration to Knols (if they did, the backlash would be huge). I don't really

Well, I'm assuming (hoping?) Google won't tamper with PageRank to give special consideration to Knols (if they did, the backlash would be huge). I don't really see how a Knol's rating would affect its impact on any external pages it links to - I'm assuming their search rank will be determined the same way as that of any other site, based on keywords and incoming links rather than rating.