Category Archives: Midas Oracle Statistics

Midas Oracle’s stats about John Delaney’s death. — [ANALYTICS]

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Out of curiosity for SEO, here are some key stats about our coverage of the InTrade CEO‘s horrific death. Note that these stats don’t encompass the frontpage readers and the feed subscribers (so, we would add many hundreds more, actually). … Continue reading →

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CIA now know InTrade’s prediction markets were not useful in assessing Fukushima. — [SCREENSHOT]

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

InTrade was not able to predict anything regarding the Fukushima nuclear energy plant. — [PREDICTION POST-MORTEM] –> See Jason Ruspini’s comment, by the way.

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Midas Oracle receives hundreds of visits per day. — [SCREENCHOT]

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

The Japan situation is of great interest to the Google researchers:

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Midas Oracle is number one at Google for the Gadaffi search, above InTrade and Inkling. – [SNAPSHOT]

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Previously: Arab Revolt Prediction Markets — [CHARTS] – {Predictions for next Arab country to revolt}

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The InTrade ‘Mubarak Departure’ scandal is on top of Google Blog Search. – [SCREENSHOT]

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

FINAL UPDATE: InTrade CEO John Delaney apologizes for the ‘Mubarak Departure’ prediction market scandal. – {Mubarak Market Unwound} – [VICTORY]

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InTrade has a higher PageRank than BetFair. No change.

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Google has just updated its external PageRank servers. (The PageRank is updated internally in a continuous way, but Google updates its external servers once a quarter or so.) – InTrade is 7/10. BetFair 6/10. HSX 6/10. HubDub 6/10. – BetFair’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Midas Oracle Statistics, Prediction Journalism, Search Engine Optimization | Tagged BetFair, BetFair blog, BetFair blogs, BetFair Predicts, Betting @ BetFair, Google PageRank, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, HubDub, InTrade, PageRank | 2 Comments

Midas Oracle generated more than 100,000 pageviews in December 2009.

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

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Should a blog run ads?

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson’s web stats (the drop came following his ditching of his co-authors): He has asked whether his readers would allow him to have ads. I left a comment, there. Blog Herald: 3 Odd Reasons Why I Donâ€™t Read Your … Continue reading →