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Online Ads Are Here To … Be Blocked

February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Other Markets

I once wrote an article called Ads Are Here To Stay. Perhaps I was naive back then (or maybe wise, who knows), but it seemed to me (and perhaps everyone else) that online ads were on their way to becoming a permanent fixture of the web, paying as they did for all of that free, [...]

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Public Prediction Markets Heuristic Review: Yahoo’s Tech Buzz Game

May 28th, 2006 · Comments Off · Prediction Markets

Who Is … Yahoo’s Tech Buzz Game, run by Yahoo Research, co-sponsored by O’Reilly Media, and based on NewsFutures technology, is a “fantasy prediction market for high-tech products, concepts, and trends.” Stock prices adjust based on trader buying or selling of the stock, and then the price is periodically re-aligned with its Buzz Score, which [...]

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