Tag Archives: BetFair blog

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

The BetFair blogs are worst than a Christmas fruit cake.

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“Betting At BetFair” is the worst blog I have ever read. BetFair’s incompetent and incapable Internet marketers haven’t managed to attract incoming links to this publication. The PageRank is stuck to 5/10. As for “BetFair Predicts”, another blog of them, … Continue reading →

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The BetFair blog is NOT the best source of information on British soccer.

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged BetFair, BetFair blog, Betting @ BetFair, prediction markets, soccer, world football | Leave a comment

At BetFair Predicts, they are technologically retarded.

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- BetFair Predicts is a blog that aims at the Americans. In my view, it’s a big failure (once again). BetFair listened to some snake-oil “social media” consultant. As an experienced and successful webmaster, I can tell you there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Usability, Prediction Journalism | Tagged BetFair, BetFair blog, BetFair Predicts, Betting at BetFair, bloggers, blogging, chart widgets, charts, dynamic charts, feed readers, feed subscribers, feeds, Google Reader, Homer's brain, Internet Usability, Open Media, prediction markets, usability | 2 Comments

BetFair Predicts = a new WordPress-powered website concocted out of San Francisco, California… —whose informational value is close to zero.

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair Predicts – UPDATE: The guy in charge says in the comment area that this is just an early beta website, which is going to be much improved soon. – - WHAT I LIKE IN BETFAIR PREDICTS BetFair Predicts is … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Prediction Journalism | Tagged BetFair, BetFair blog, BetFair Predicts, charting systems, charts, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Open Media, prediction market approach, prediction market charts, prediction market journalism, prediction markets, websites | 8 Comments

BetFair Radio will now be produced by TimeForm (the horse racing publication, which The Sporting Exchange acquired).

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Which proves that a prediction exchange (e.g., BetFair) can’t be a quality content producer. That raises the question of who should produce the BetFair blog —which I rate as the crappiest BetFair product ever. However, the BetFair blog is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Prediction Journalism | Tagged BetFair, BetFair blog, BetFair Radio, content, Journalism, Open Media, prediction markets, radios, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, The Sporting Exchange, TimeForm | Leave a comment

Is this a sign that the BetFair prediction exchange and the BetFair blog are not the best sources of information on the 2008 US presidential elections?

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Previously: – the latest InTrade predictions – Emile Servan-Schreiber’s post on market arbitrage

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged 2008 US presidential elections, arbitage, Barack Obama, BetFair, BetFair blog, event derivatives, John McCain, market arbitrage, objective probabilistic predictions, odds, prediction markets | Leave a comment

BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”, and their very active traders are up in arms. – Plus, do BetFair gag the critics?

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

My analysis of this PR debacle: BetFair has a very complex information technology system, which is very costly, making BetFair less profitable than the fixed-odds betting operators (the big British bookmakers). They attack the problem with a dual approach: they … Continue reading →

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: — The annoted, historical, compound chart that those triple morons at the BetFair blog are hiding from their readers’ view. — It is located in a secret cache, linked to behind a picture of Hillary Clinton. — Curious place to locate a prediction market chart. — I bet nobody downloaded that chart. –

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – For comparison, InTrade:

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Barack Obama, BetFair, BetFair blog, Betting, chart, charts, event derivative markets, event derivatives, event futures markets, Hillary Clinton, InTrade, political prediction markets, Politics, prediction markets, US elections, US politics, US presidential elections | Leave a comment

BetFair Education has now a sub-site within the BetFair blog.

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair Education – The navigation is easy —see the menu on the left-side sidebar. I encountered only one 404. They are using Movable Type, and not WordPress, alas. The list of posts is comprehensive. They could have integrated their events … Continue reading →

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