Yahoo! Research ~ Buzz Game
Getting into stock Market ? Try this first. Put your money where your mouth is by buying stock in the technologies you believe will be popular and selling stock in the technologies you think will flop. Yahoo!’s Tech Buzz Game is a fantasy prediction market for technology. Your goal as a player is to predict how popular various technologies will be in the future. Popularity or buzz is measured by Yahoo! Search frequency over time. Predictions are made by buying virtual stock in technologies you think are about to boom, and selling when substance doesn’t match the hype.
It is Similar to alexadex, where players compete for fame and glory by buying and selling shares in sites on the world wide web. The price of a share is set at the site’s daily reach per million, according to alexa.com. You get $10,000 just for signing up, so get started!
Markets in the Tech Buzz Game reflect a mix of companies, products, and technologies on O’Reilly’s radar. Follow the Tech Buzz Game for a view into community sentiment about the future of technology.
Example
- You’re bullish on podcasting; you buy shares of PODCAST stock
- Britney announces her next single will be delivered exclusively via podcast
- Curious tweens everywhere flood Yahoo! with searches about podcasting
- Your shares skyrocket; you make a bundle
Popular application that allows users to publish music playlists on the web, Webjay has been acuired by Yahoo! for an undisclosed amount. News from 
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