Metacritic: Aggregating Media Reviews

I am not sure how many people are familiar with Metacritic, so I thought I would post about this great web site. Metacritic creates Metascores for film, DVDs, Movies, Games, Books, and TV by aggregating reviews from individual people as well as professional critics/sites. This makes it a reliable source for reviews on almost any kind of media. Sorting by top score is a great way to discover new things that have been rated well by others. Rotten Tomatoes is similar to Metacritic, but not as useful or broad in scope. Aggregation is an excellent tool, and as the web evolves and content is separated from formatting, aggregation will become more commonplace. If you are looking for a job, there is Indeed, a job board aggregator, so you never have to waste time searching individual sources. There is also a useful product review aggregator called Wize if you are in the market for a gadget or appliance of some sort.

Note: I realize the term aggregation is usually used in terms of web feeds, but I think it is also appropriate to describe the accumulation of multiple dissimilar sources of information into one central resource.