Tag Archives: web publishing

Could HubDub enhance CNN’s website?

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- New York Times: Using page views as a metric, Nielsen ranked CNN.com as the No. 1 current events and global news Web site last year, with a monthly average of 1.7 billion â€” half a billion views more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged CNN, HubDub, Inkling, inkling markets, Internet Marketing, prediction markets, web publishing | Leave a comment

While Wall Street is melting down, Martha Stewart introduces blogging to her TV audience.

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Her blog —powered by WordPress. Video Video #2: Perez Hilton

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged bloggers, blogging, Martha Stewart, Open Media, Perez Hilton, television, TV, web publications, web publishing, WordPress | 5 Comments

Google Knol is not bad, as a web publishing platform —but I still prefer WordPress and MediaWiki.

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- – Official blah blah blah -

Posted in Information Technology, Resources - References | Tagged event derivative markets, event derivatives, Google, Google Knol, Knol, official, prediction markets, web publishing, web publishing platform, WikiMedia, Wikipedia, WordPress | Leave a comment

BetFair and InTrade (the so-called leaders in the field of prediction markets) haven’t had the first clue about prediction market journalism.

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

SCOOP: We have identified the bozo who edits BOTH the BetFair blog AND the InTrade bulletin. IT’S A FUCKING MONKEY. – WEB EXCLUSIVE — PLEASE, DO CREDIT MIDAS ORACLE FOR THE SCOOP. THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL‘S DAY JOKE. … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Humor, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged April Fool's Day, BetFair, BetFair blog, charts, Editor, Google, Humor, InTrade, InTrade bulletin, Max Keiser, News Of The World, prediction market journalism, prediction markets, President, the Washington Post, United States, web publishing, web servers | 1 Comment

Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures pays real money to a clueless marketer for spamming Chris Masse, the most informed blogger on prediction markets, about Bet2Give, which was announced on Midas Oracle at inception, and which is listed everywhere on its pages and posts.

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The e-mail from that moron: Subject: NewsFutures…Bet2Give Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:30:59 -0800 From: Audrey Frances Seybert <audrey —-audreyfrancesconsulting> To: <cfm — midasoracle>, <chrisfmasse — gmail> Audrey Frances Seybert Hi Chris, I see that you’ve mentioned NewsFutures in your … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged Audrey Frances Seybert, Bet 2 Give, Bet2Give, Chris Masse, clueless marketer, Emile Servan-Schreiber, Internet Marketing, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, NewsFutures, online charitable prediction market, prediction markets, spam, web publishing, www.bet2give.com? | Leave a comment

Did the BetFair blog use trading data from InTrade to hint at BetFair’s accuracy??

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Latest update on the BetFair blog fiasco — I am alerted today that the BetFair blog has updated its infamous Michigan story with a new compound chart bearing a clearer label. It reads now: Republican nomination – The race so … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Journalism | Tagged ABC, accuracy, BetFair, BetFair blog, betting markets, blog editor, BMP, David Jack, Editor, Ethics, event derivative markets, event derivatives, furious Betair blog writer, governor, Internet connection, Leighton Vaughan-Williams, Mark Davies, McCain, Michel Robb, Michigan, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, Niall O'Connor, Niall Or'Connor, prediction market journalism, prediction markets, Professor, Robin Marks, Tony Clare, web publisher, web publishing, writer | 3 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

New information technologies for the friends of prediction markets?

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

My opinions on three recent IT announcements: — #1. GOOGLE KNOLS – Bullshit. There is no tapping into the wisdom of crowds —contrary to Wikipedia. Why would Robin Hanson (for instance) write on prediction markets for a Google-owned webpage when … Continue reading →

Posted in Information Technology, Midas Oracle Administration, The Internet | Tagged Google, head the development, information technologies, PHP, prediction market plugin for blogging software, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, Search Engines, software packages, web encyclopedias, web publishing, web publishing tools, web resources, Yahoo! | 4 Comments

WordPress is the publishing software of choice for both blogs and newspapers.

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

As I said the other day: Donâ€™t be obsessed by defining what a blog is â€”it can be so many things (modern writings, or formal writings). Instead, focus your attention on the blogging software, which is more and more the … Continue reading →

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged HTML, Matt Mullenweg, web publishing, web publishing tools | 2 Comments

Blogging Software = Freedom to write in any form and shape you want

Posted on October 27, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Harvard University professor Edward Glaeser: [...] Blogs and columns are quite different, and The Marginal Revolution illustrates what can make blogs exciting. Mr. Cowen and his collaborators post to the website with astonishing regularity. Their blog posts are often brief … Continue reading →

Posted in Prediction Journalism | Tagged author, blogging software, Cowen, Edward Glaeser, Felix Salmon, Harvard University, HTML, mainstream media, Professor, software packages, the New York Times, web publishing, web publishing tools | 1 Comment