John Battelle

Keep Your Author Platform Rooted in the Independent Web

Anne Hill | Posted 04.14.2012

Anne Hill

Yet when the day comes that they change their policies to take more of our value, don't get caught without an independent web platform of your own. Start now to anchor that taproot in your own garden, and reap the benefits of your own hard work for years to come.

Arianna, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Speak

Posted 05.25.2011

Arianna Huffington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong appeared jointly Tuesday at John Battelle's Signal LA: The Content Marketing Conversation presented by F...

John Battelle on "Going Google"

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 05.25.2011

Jarvis Coffin

Google is back in the software business as a producer of applications that compete with Microsoft.

The Latest Web Search Development: From Intentions to Insights

Penny Herscher | Posted 05.25.2011

Penny Herscher

John Batelle, one of the gurus of Search, wrote as early as 2004 that the secret of Google's success was its understanding of the web as a database of intentions.

Video: Apple will Have a Powerful Search Engine for the "AppWorld," John Battelle

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the explicit denial by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on plans to build a search engine, the company is doing exactly that, says John Ba...

Dana Perino: HuffPo is Doing a "Good Job"

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

Perino had some nice things to say about the Huffington Post onstage and off in this interview. She told me the site is "rebuilding its reputation and dong a pretty good job."

Wired Founding Publisher: Advertisers want "Conversations" With Online Audience

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

John Battelle, a pioneer in publishing who was the first publisher of Wired and the Industry Standard, has been running an ad agency for blogs and other niche publishers called Federated Media.

Can Obama Really Deliver on World 2.0 Promise?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

If the new president goes straight to the people with his talking points, will the Obama administration even need the elite mainstream media to get his message out?