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Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, speaks about “Predicting the Present with Search Engine Data”. – [VIDEO]

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Forecasting (Science & Practice), Information Technology, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Inventions & Innovations, Research | Tagged digital marketing, Economics, Google, Google Search, Hal Varian, Information Technology, Internet Marketing, search, Search Engines, The Internet | Leave a comment

Bo Cowgill’s boss = Hal Varian

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

UPDATE: Bo tells us: “Actually, thatâ€™s my desk right behind him, in the top picture.” – - – Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, … Continue reading →

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Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google — VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – Via Daniel Horowitz (Business and Technology Consultant) Blip.TV — (FLV file) – … Continue reading →

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BetFair-TradeFair hire Bo Cowgill in an attempt to improve their ranking in Google web search results.

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair: BetFair CEO David Yu: We’re delighted to welcome Bo Cowgill in HammerSmith. Bo had a fantastic career at Google, working, in the end, under Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian. Throughout his years at Google, Bo acquired precious knowledge about … Continue reading →

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Do Google’s enterprise prediction markets work? — Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google – (PDF file – PDF file) – by Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitwewitz – 2008-01-06 – VIDEO — Bo Cowgill on Google’s enterprise prediction markets — O’Reilly Money:Tech … Continue reading →

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Hal Varian wants Bo Cowgill to dig hard the Google logs to discover how to improve their search algorithm.

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Why data matters – by Hal Varian – Freakonomics interview. Hal Varian’s previous post.

Posted in Information Technology | Tagged Bo Cowgill, data, Google, Hal Varian, search algorithm | Leave a comment

The network knows what the nodes don’t.

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Roger Ehrenberg: Prediction markets and elections, run by Eric Zitzewitz of Dartmouth. Eric ran though a slew of data looking at sports and financial prediction markets and compared it to election prediction markets. Bottom line, sports and financial prediction markets … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Market Efficiency), Analysis (Meta), Collective Intelligence - Wisdom Of Crowds, Events & Meetings, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Adam, Adam Siegel, Chief Economist, CI Foo, Collective Intelligence, Collective Intelligence Foo Camp, Director, Eric Zitzewitz, Foo Camp, Gary Flake, Google, GooglePlex, Greg Linden, Hal Varian, Microsoft Live Labs, MIT Center, O'Reilly, Roger Ehrenberg, Tim O'Reilly, Tom Malone, United Kingdom, United States | Leave a comment

Freakonomics did not quiz Bo Cowgill’s boss, Hal Varian, on prediction markets —triple alas.

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Freakonomics interview. (I did ask, but they didn’t listen.) Hal Varian’s post.

Posted in Economics | Tagged Economics, Google, Hal Varian | Leave a comment

Bo Cowgill = Economics at Google

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Is Bo Cowgill now working for Hal Varian (Google’s Chief Economist)? The answer is… The answer is yes. Hal has a small team now which I am on. Hal is my boss and cube mate. Previously: Hal Varian becomes Googleâ€™s … Continue reading →

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Hal Varian becomes Google’s chief economist.

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

— Via Greg Mankiw (whom you will have to read between the lines), this New York Times piece: The View column will now be written by a rotating panel of outside economists. Besides Mr. Mankiw, it will include Alan Blinder, … Continue reading →

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