HubDub limitations

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

HubDub is supposed to be a combo: a prediction exchange plus a news aggregator. But are the news sorted out pertinently?

Out of the 13 news stories listed under the prediction market on the CFTC licensing event markets, not a single one … NOT A SINGLE ONE… covers that issue. They are general news about futures exchanges in general, and their regulations.

TAKEAWAY: It’s all an art to pick up the right keywords.

QUESTION: I wonder whether HubDub can take a whole phrase as a keyword. The phrase “event markets” would give different results than the 2 separate keywords, “event” and “markets”.

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About Chris F. Masse

Founder and President of Midas Oracle
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2 Responses to HubDub limitations

  1. Nigel Eccles says:
    May 28, 2008 at 10:27 AM

    It is a good point. The quality of our news feed is something we haven’t been happy with since we launched. In fact we are currently trialling a new provider. I can see the results internally and for that market there are about 10 relevant news stories. Expect to see it rolled out within a couple of weeks.

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