Tag Archives: deep link

Journalists and bloggers have difficulty discovering the full URLs (the “deep links”) of the BetFair prediction markets.

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

It’s well hidden. You have to go on the right side of one prediction market, click on “Rules”, and spot the deep link at the bottom of the text. – - Spot the mentions of TradeSports and BetFair at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Internet Usability | Tagged BetFair, deep link, deep links, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Internet Usability, journalist, prediction markets, URLs | Leave a comment

JUSTIN WOLFERS’ EXTATIC “2020″ VISION BECOMING REALITY? Spot, number one, that they chronicle the horse race thru the lens of the real-markets prediction markets (and not thru the polls), and, number two, that they link to InTrade —(a root link, not a deep link, though). If that journalistic trend proves to be steady, that means that my pessimism was wrong, and that I risk being viewed as an imbÃ©cile, now.

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Exchanges & Markets, Prediction Journalism | Tagged deep link, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Justin Wolfers, prediction market jounalism, prediction markets | Leave a comment

The hard questions that BetFair’s Mark Davies ducked

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

A BetFair trader called Pablo (no deep link): It simply beggars belief that people can have had matched bets removed from their account when nothing has gone wrong. Will there be a new department to judge the fairness of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchange & Market Designs, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Mechanism Designs | Tagged balanced book, BetFair, BetFair SP, BetFair Starting Price, BetFair Starting Prices, BetFair trader, deep link, Mark Davies, Market Trading, prediction markets | Leave a comment

InTrade’s Christmas gift to bloggers: Dynamic, compound prediction market charts on the 2008 US presidential elections.

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

When the Irish folks at InTrade screw it up, I give them their mother. So when they do good, it’s fair that I celebrate it. THANK YOU, INTRADE, FOR THOSE WONDERFUL DYNAMIC, COMPOUND PREDICTION MARKET CHARTS. One remark, though. To … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Software | Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, charts, Christmas, deep link, InTrade, Politics, prediction markets, United States, US elections, US politics | 7 Comments

That blog webmaster doesn’t have the first clue about web publishing.

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Top 6 Ways Not To Get Pulled Over How to Handle Getting Pulled Over Without Losing Your Cool Top Five Cop Tricks â€“ How They Get You to Give Up Your Rights Avoiding the Section 1001 Trap – Why … Continue reading →

Posted in Midas Oracle Administration, Prediction Journalism | Tagged author, blog webmaster, deep link, Google, law articles, Midas Oracle, smart author, web publishing | Leave a comment

R.I.P. FreeMarket – FreeMarket was a 2005-born software package for prediction markets.

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Jesse Gillespie (no deep link): Itâ€™s been almost a year now since I stopped active development on FreeMarket. Over the summer Iâ€™ve received some inquiries from people interested in using the software who are wondering where the source code – … Continue reading →

Posted in Software | Tagged abandoned software, AJAX, deep link, free and flexible PM, Jesse Gillespie, law school, law student, PHP, sometimes-ornery software, unresponsive developer | Leave a comment

Short-selling the Al Gore nomination contract at InTrade-TradeSports?

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Slaughtermeyer (no deep link to the forum): Gore is about to miss the registration deadline for the Michigan primary which is on Oct. 23 and he’ll also miss the Nov. 2 registration deadline for the New Hampshire primary soon too. … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Market Calls), Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities | Tagged Al Gore, becoming president, deep link, Michigan, New Hampshire | Leave a comment

Here’s the e-mail just sent to the HedgeStreet traders and prospects

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via Deep Throat ( ), HedgeStreet (no deep link): Dear HedgeStreet Member, At the HedgeStreet Exchange, we are making some very important changes. We are beginning the process of modifying our trading and exchange businesses in order to better serve … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Software | Tagged bank account, CEO and President, deep link, HedgeStreet Member, Mock Trader, President, Richard G. Couch, The HedgeStreet, United States | Leave a comment

The prediction market firms should use e-mail newsletters as their preferred marketing technique.

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Says Jakob Nielsen, in his… e-mail newsletter… of course — (thus, no deep link): HIGH-ROI vs. LOW-ROI INTERNET MARKETING Marketing Sherpa has released the results of a survey of 3,186 Internet marketers, who were asked about their ROI from various … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Internet Usability, Prediction Journalism | Tagged banner advertising, blindness, deep link, Internet marketers, Internet Marketing, Internet tactic, Internet Usability, Jakob Nielsen, online advertising, web design | Leave a comment

Resignation Intent vs. Upcoming Resignation vs. Effective Resignation

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— US Senator Larry Craig (on September 1, 2007 – no deep link yet): Senator Craig Announces Intent to Resign from the Senate [...] Therefore it is with sadness and deep regret that I announce that it is my intent … Continue reading →

Posted in Psychology | Tagged Craig Announces, Dan Whiting, deep link, Deluxe, Larry Craig, New York Times, Senate, spokesman for Mr. Craig, United States | 1 Comment