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We are interested in your views about how we can improve the SMARTCROWD website; to broaden interest in the markets covered and attract new contributors and readers. We are very keen to attract new authors that can make a biweekly or monthly update on highly relevant content. If you're interested, email us at smartcrowd@yahoo.com

Markets

SMARTCROWD is almost exclusively about Elections and Politics right now. We intend to broaden our horizons soon to cover certain major business topics and some major sports events that attract international coverage.

Content

Regular index calculations and relevant news coverage for the2008 Presidential Election are available on the site. The indices, which we've termed the Consensus Index ratings, are updated at least biweekly, and often weekly. They are a strong indicator of sentiment of prediction market users.

Index and spread calculations can by very useful when many prediction markets are trading the same contracts; giving a more accurate reflection about what's happening across each of the underlying markets covered.

Spread calculations have also been added to the site.Spread data helps to determine how closely prices in the different markets that make up an index are correlated. The lower the spread the tighter the price correlation; the wider the spread, the greater the pricing anomoly.

A news clip box now provides access to relevant articles and blogs on the web. The latest 10 articles can be accessed directly from the widget; earlier articles can be accessed by clicking the "read more" link.

Features

A Meebo instant messaging, URL and video sharing application has also been added <click here> to the SMARTCROWD site. This application may come in useful down the track if and when traffic increases ;)

Email broadcast. Q. Is there any point in having an email distribution list to push information, when readers can subscribe for instantaneous updates via RSS feed readers? Views/feedback based on experience would be appreciated. If you'd like to be added to our email distribution list, please send an email to us at smartcrowd@yahoo.com.

Social Networking

We've added social networking access toFacebook andOthers Online. Both promise to add real value to prediction market events; creating new relationships and distribution of SMARTCROWD content. We're excited about the potential of using these forums to raise awareness of prediction markets and SMARTCROWD.

Check out our profiles atFacebook andOthers Online.

Frequency

What's the right frequency for a blog like SMARTCROWD? Daily, weekly, or just when quality news and/or events occur? We've been exceptionally sporadic during the first 12 months, though we hope to establish a regular pattern in 2008.

Authors and Suggestions

Interested in contributing to SMARTCROWD? Email us at smartcrowd@yahoo.com. If you have any useful suggestions for us, please send us an email or leave a note in the comment area below.




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Your content needs to be refreshed and kept up to date..... that would be a start.
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