Comments on: Why the HubDub model is superior to the InTrade, TradeSports, BetFair, HSX and NewsFutures’s ones http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/08/07/hubdub-model-google/ Prediction Markets For All Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:34:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: OLYMPIC MEDALS: The Los Angeles Times cites HubDub —but not BetFair, TradeSports, NewsFutures, or YooPick. | Midas Oracle .ORG http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/08/07/hubdub-model-google/#comment-21160 OLYMPIC MEDALS: The Los Angeles Times cites HubDub —but not BetFair, TradeSports, NewsFutures, or YooPick. | Midas Oracle .ORG Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:14:27 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=8098#comment-21160 [...] HubDub is the only prediction exchange whose prediction market webpages are indexed well by Google. [...] [...] HubDub is the only prediction exchange whose prediction market webpages are indexed well by Google. [...]

]]> By: Why the BetFair model is partially obsolete | Midas Oracle .ORG http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/08/07/hubdub-model-google/#comment-21049 Why the BetFair model is partially obsolete | Midas Oracle .ORG Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:45:49 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=8098#comment-21049 [...] Non-Indexable Prediction Market Webpages. - Like it or not, Google is now the world’s #1 media. We “google” anything, first thing in the morning. None of the BetFair prediction market webpages can be indexed by Google and the other Internet search engines. That means that BetFair is missing out, in my estimation, on hundreds of thousands of Google visitors each year. Those Google visitors will favor other prediction exchanges (e.g., HubDub) whose prediction market webpages are indexed naturally by .... [...] [...] Non-Indexable Prediction Market Webpages. - Like it or not, Google is now the world’s #1 media. We “google” anything, first thing in the morning. None of the BetFair prediction market webpages can be indexed by Google and the other Internet search engines. That means that BetFair is missing out, in my estimation, on hundreds of thousands of Google visitors each year. Those Google visitors will favor other prediction exchanges (e.g., HubDub) whose prediction market webpages are indexed naturally by …. [...]

]]> By: Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/08/07/hubdub-model-google/#comment-21038 Chris F. Masse Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:30:17 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=8098#comment-21038 @Greg Knaddison: Yes, strange things like that can happen. @Greg Knaddison: Yes, strange things like that can happen.

]]> By: Greg Knaddison http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/08/07/hubdub-model-google/#comment-21036 Greg Knaddison Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:01:32 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=8098#comment-21036 When I look at them some are not in the top 10 - perhaps this is geo-target based or perhaps when you tested them you were logged in to Google and Google was serving personalized results. (also, the log in wasn't working for me - neither my username/password nor the openid) When I look at them some are not in the top 10 - perhaps this is geo-target based or perhaps when you tested them you were logged in to Google and Google was serving personalized results.

(also, the log in wasn’t working for me - neither my username/password nor the openid)

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