Vietgle Follows Google Knol?

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Wednesday, August 27. 2008

LacViet Computing, a local software firm renowned for its dictionary applications using on PCs, has launched a portal with a hybrid name Vietgle (Vietnam and Google ?). Six main features available at the first stage:
1. Knowledge Vietnam: I thought it should be a Wiki style but it is only an online version of the old fashioned database that came out in CD-ROM longtime ago. Registered members can send in the comment, but I doubt who could do it since the content seems from the textbooks. Users could not find any picture associate with locations, no map link.
2. Online map: run of the mill mapping service, even worse than many other mapping apps available
3. Dictionaries: still the core competency of Lacviet online business
4. Automatic translation: based on its strength in dictionaries to expand into auto-translation, still in primitive stage, could be better through community contribution
5. E-book: it had bought the licenses of some books to upload to its online database, few titles
6. Forum: a feature just to add to have more utilities

My tips:
Why not change the name from Vietgle to VietKnol (Vietnam Knowledge), it is easier to understand and user friendly.
The services should be in alpha, private not beta for public usage and it was too early to run a PR campaign with the help of print media.

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Vietgle gle from the Muggle in Harry Porter Vietgle mean:Vietnamese community

#1 kimpham on 2008-09-22 03:43 (Reply)

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