Comments on: AOL’s CEO to haters: Our content strategy was right after all (and Patch is fine too)

By: Rich Ullman

Rich Ullman — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:11:11 +0000

Funny that your article feels a little like good news / bad news. I agree with Tim that quality content is what will differentiate and win. That is what usually has with any media enterprise — tech enabled or not. His difficulty, particularly with Patch and HuffPo, may be networking together enough consistent quality to generate the revenue needed to make it work. Those two brands are widely inconsistent in the quality of their content, and therein lies the trouble.

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:03:04 +0000

Yeah…like anyone gives an ounce of credibility to HuffPost? Biggest joke out there!

By: Darius

Darius — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:00:58 +0000

Google “darien ct” in Google News. Do it. And pipe down until you do.

By: Brad Hill

Brad Hill — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:53:39 +0000

“Tim Armstrong, who survived an ugly proxy fight last year…”

Yes, but he didn’t just survive. He went to battle and *won*. I didn’t see that acknowledged enough.

By: NR Davis

NR Davis — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:13:27 +0000

Then you are not looking at Google in an area where a Patch site exists. My area is filled every day with news from Patch, which for local news, is the only game in town. Our residents rely on it to keep people informed.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:59:21 +0000

i see it on google searches all the time, if you are googling a local municipality it will come up.

By: Dan Taylor

Dan Taylor — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:18:49 +0000

Interesting that I never seen Patch turn a search result in Google.

By: John Gonigam

John Gonigam — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:39:37 +0000

“Patch’s viability should be seen through a long lens.” The Hubble space telescope doesn’t see far enough to discern Patch’s viability.