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Google Search thinks that Midas Oracle has more value than the New York Times and Freakonomics when the topic is Google’s enterprise prediction markets. How do you like that, Bo? It’s “cool”, no?

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Nigel Eccles wants to know why Midas Oracle ranks much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much higher than HubDub for a prediction market they created —the “Twit Twitter Derby”.

- Nigel Eccles: How do I improve the search ranking of a page on our site? I am one of the co-founders of Hubdub, which is a news prediction game. A couple of weeks ago we created a market on … Continue reading

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BetFair’s future bet-matching logic

- SALIENT VIRILITY REGAINED, BRITISH HONOR RESTORED, QUEEN ESCAPES AFFRONT: Astute and resourceful BetFair SEO expert has managed to put one of their sub-sites ahead of Midas Oracle in Google Web Search results. [Nick Garner] – - BetFair’s future bet-matching … Continue reading

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

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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Last year’s best April Fool’s Day joke had something to do with the wisdom of crowds.

- CNET: Wikipedia founder’s bold experiment Diagnosed with cataracts, Jimmy Wales invites first 100 people who show up at his home to perform surgery. “There may be some trial and error, but I’m confident the community will make the right … Continue reading

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Rite-Solutions’ Innovation Engine is up in the Google Web Search results.

The New York Times article reaches the #5 spot for the “prediction markets” query. UPDATE: This ranking is shown on some data servers, only. No idea whether this is a stable ranking or not. Will see. Koleman Strumpf will smoke … Continue reading

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