Midas Oracle .ORG » keywords http://www.midasoracle.org Prediction Markets, etc. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:24:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Playing SEO game with CrowdCast http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/07/19/playing-seo-game-with-crowdcast/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/07/19/playing-seo-game-with-crowdcast/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:05:08 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=15406 Continue reading →]]> For a short period of time, lately, the NYT article on CrowdCast was ahead of Midas Oracle in a google search for “CrowdCast”. I had to find a way to beat them. So, I created a post about CrowdCast on the other blog —which of course links to the CrowdCast material here, on this blog (Midas Oracle .ORG). [*]

As a result, Midas Oracle is now ahead of the NYT.

TAKEAWAY: Google Search is about both keywords (that, you already knew) and reputation (i.e., inbound links). Incoming links is what any CEO (not just SEO) should be focusing about. Get links, folks. Links is the currency of the Web.

[*] Hence, the power of blog networks —as opposed to solo blogs.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/07/19/playing-seo-game-with-crowdcast/feed/ 0 Midas Oracle has a de facto monopoly on “collective forecasting”. http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/06/07/midas-oracle-collective-forecasting/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/06/07/midas-oracle-collective-forecasting/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:58:01 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=14500 Continue reading →]]> If you type “collective forecasting” in the 3 main search engines, Midas Oracle pops up as #1 in the results. Thanks to Emile of NewsFutures and Prof Robin for their devotion and plain hard work in pushing this industry keyword (and the underlying concept). It is all fair that Midas Oracle is reaping the benefits. :-D

Joke aside, Midas Oracle will always link out to the pioneers and the best theorists and practitioners. So, we are not selfishly keeping the Google juice for ourselves —we re-distribute it around.

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/04/30/google-could-have-caught-swine-flu-early/feed/ 1 Why HubDub won: Google loves HubDub, and the Google users love what HubDub produces. http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/04/10/hubdub-keywords-google/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/04/10/hubdub-keywords-google/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:20:17 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=13527 keywords-prediction-markets

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/04/10/hubdub-keywords-google/feed/ 2 HubDub limitations http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/05/28/hubdub-limitations/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/05/28/hubdub-limitations/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 12:55:52 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=7073 Continue reading →]]> HubDub is supposed to be a combo: a prediction exchange plus a news aggregator. But are the news sorted out pertinently?

Out of the 13 news stories listed under the prediction market on the CFTC licensing event markets, not a single one … NOT A SINGLE ONE… covers that issue. They are general news about futures exchanges in general, and their regulations.

TAKEAWAY: It’s all an art to pick up the right keywords.

QUESTION: I wonder whether HubDub can take a whole phrase as a keyword. The phrase “event markets” would give different results than the 2 separate keywords, “event” and “markets”.

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