Q&A: Battelle talks blog roll-ups, Google, and Federated Media's future

By federating together with a lot of other like sites, they get better access to terms and deals from large companies like Google or Microsoft.
The core of that is that we work with a select group of really high-quality sites that are independent; and it's in our interest to help them stay that way. Particularly last year, everyone was running around talking about how cool the idea of a roll-up was: "We'll buy a bunch of these sites and stick them ... Full Story »

Posted by Beth Wellington

See All Reviews »

Review

Juliet Sallette
3.9
by Juliet Sallette - Oct. 1, 2008

great article and interview. The author engaged his subject and allowed him to discuss important issues facing the online community. John Battelle is a visionary and a true inspiration. The writer's questions allowed the subject to discuss openly his views on content which is a hot issue in online marketing. Although, the article led me to ask additional questions, this was a great entre' into the mind of a legendary genius. Great journalism

See All Reviews »

Juliet's Rating

Overall
3.9

Good
from 11 answers
Quality
4.0
Fairness
4.0
Information
4.0
Sourcing
4.0
Style
4.0
Balance
4.0
Context
4.0
Popularity
3.5
Recommendation
4.0
Credibility
3.0
More How our ratings work »