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Both Google and the FTC will monitor the credibility of your prediction market blog.
Google already assesses the reputation of blogs with its PageRank system (and the 199 other parameters that its algorithm computes). Now, we are learning that the FTC will go at it and monitor whether the bloggers who receive $$$ from … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Journalism, Prediction Journalism, Regulations
Tagged Betting, betting blogs, bloggers, blogging, credibility, disclosure, F.T.C., Google PageRank, Open Media, Prediction Market Information, prediction markets, Reputation
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What Robin Hanson told the CFTC about “event markets” (prediction markets)
Robin Hanson: Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:12:46 -0400 To: secretary@cftc.gov From: Robin Hanson <rhanson@gmu.edu> Subject: Comment on “Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts” —————————————————————- I am an event market innovator, having published the first detailed … Continue reading
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