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		<title>By: Singulair allergic rhinitis.</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-2387</link>
		<dc:creator>Singulair allergic rhinitis.</dc:creator>
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		<title>By: jedc_mercury</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-2262</link>
		<dc:creator>jedc_mercury</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, I disagree a bit.  While each vendor sells prediction market software, each has a different mix of software and services, so even I wouldn&#039;t be able to really figure out how well each of them are doing.  Even if client engagements are flat year-over-year, if each engagement is of significantly more value (ie, a lot of consulting services), the overall value has increased.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for the comments; I hope to get this going soon!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, I disagree a bit.  While each vendor sells prediction market software, each has a different mix of software and services, so even I wouldn&#39;t be able to really figure out how well each of them are doing.  Even if client engagements are flat year-over-year, if each engagement is of significantly more value (ie, a lot of consulting services), the overall value has increased.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments; I hope to get this going soon!</p>
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		<title>By: TorontoBentley</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-2261</link>
		<dc:creator>TorontoBentley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>True enough for the general public, but the &quot;aggregator&quot; would know which vendors were doing better than the others.  It may affect the reporting.  I&#039;d be surprised if any are doing particularly well, unfortunately.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, it will be interesting to see the results.  All the best in this endeavor!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Paul</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True enough for the general public, but the &#8220;aggregator&#8221; would know which vendors were doing better than the others.  It may affect the reporting.  I&#39;d be surprised if any are doing particularly well, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Still, it will be interesting to see the results.  All the best in this endeavor!</p>
<p>Paul</p>
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		<title>By: jedc_mercury</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-2260</link>
		<dc:creator>jedc_mercury</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Paul.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m hopeful that they will release the data.  I would hope that it&#039;s more important to show that the industry is growing/thriving (my intuition) than holding the info back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, only the *aggregated* data would be released, so there&#039;s no way to compare vendors against each other.  I will also provide each vendor their own data compared to the aggregated data for their own benchmarking.  (In other words, you won&#039;t be able to tell from this which vendors are growing, just how the industry as a whole is growing.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Part of this is also due to the nature of clients that each vendor takes on.  Inkling cater more (in general) to the self-service customers, while others (such as Newsfutures) have generally fewer clients but with a lot more strategic consulting around their engagements.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Paul.</p>
<p>I&#39;m hopeful that they will release the data.  I would hope that it&#39;s more important to show that the industry is growing/thriving (my intuition) than holding the info back.</p>
<p>However, only the *aggregated* data would be released, so there&#39;s no way to compare vendors against each other.  I will also provide each vendor their own data compared to the aggregated data for their own benchmarking.  (In other words, you won&#39;t be able to tell from this which vendors are growing, just how the industry as a whole is growing.)</p>
<p>Part of this is also due to the nature of clients that each vendor takes on.  Inkling cater more (in general) to the self-service customers, while others (such as Newsfutures) have generally fewer clients but with a lot more strategic consulting around their engagements.</p>
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		<title>By: TorontoBentley</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-2259</link>
		<dc:creator>TorontoBentley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Jed...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A very good idea for a start.  It is great that you have some &quot;solid interest&quot; from some of the software vendors.  Assuming you do get the data, it will also show whether the industry is growing (net new clients over time).  I&#039;m a bit skeptical that they will release actual data on how many paid clients they have, because I don&#039;t think the numbers are there, so far.  It would also show which vendors are growing.  I may be wrong (hope I am).  If you look at Inkling&#039;s web site, they list a few of their clients, of which most appear to be continuing their use of prediction markets.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Paul</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jed&#8230;</p>
<p>A very good idea for a start.  It is great that you have some &#8220;solid interest&#8221; from some of the software vendors.  Assuming you do get the data, it will also show whether the industry is growing (net new clients over time).  I&#39;m a bit skeptical that they will release actual data on how many paid clients they have, because I don&#39;t think the numbers are there, so far.  It would also show which vendors are growing.  I may be wrong (hope I am).  If you look at Inkling&#39;s web site, they list a few of their clients, of which most appear to be continuing their use of prediction markets.  </p>
<p>Paul</p>
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		<title>By: jedc_mercury</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-1414</link>
		<dc:creator>jedc_mercury</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, I disagree a bit.  While each vendor sells prediction market software, each has a different mix of software and services, so even I wouldn&#039;t be able to really figure out how well each of them are doing.  Even if client engagements are flat year-over-year, if each engagement is of significantly more value (ie, a lot of consulting services), the overall value has increased.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks for the comments; I hope to get this going soon!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, I disagree a bit.  While each vendor sells prediction market software, each has a different mix of software and services, so even I wouldn&#39;t be able to really figure out how well each of them are doing.  Even if client engagements are flat year-over-year, if each engagement is of significantly more value (ie, a lot of consulting services), the overall value has increased.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments; I hope to get this going soon!</p>
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		<title>By: TorontoBentley</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-1413</link>
		<dc:creator>TorontoBentley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>True enough for the general public, but the &quot;aggregator&quot; would know which vendors were doing better than the others.  It may affect the reporting.  I&#039;d be surprised if any are doing particularly well, unfortunately.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Still, it will be interesting to see the results.  All the best in this endeavor!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Paul</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True enough for the general public, but the &#8220;aggregator&#8221; would know which vendors were doing better than the others.  It may affect the reporting.  I&#39;d be surprised if any are doing particularly well, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Still, it will be interesting to see the results.  All the best in this endeavor!</p>
<p>Paul</p>
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		<title>By: jedc_mercury</title>
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		<dc:creator>jedc_mercury</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Paul.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I&#039;m hopeful that they will release the data.  I would hope that it&#039;s more important to show that the industry is growing/thriving (my intuition) than holding the info back.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, only the *aggregated* data would be released, so there&#039;s no way to compare vendors against each other.  I will also provide each vendor their own data compared to the aggregated data for their own benchmarking.  (In other words, you won&#039;t be able to tell from this which vendors are growing, just how the industry as a whole is growing.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Part of this is also due to the nature of clients that each vendor takes on.  Inkling cater more (in general) to the self-service customers, while others (such as Newsfutures) have generally fewer clients but with a lot more strategic consulting around their engagements.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Paul.</p>
<p>I&#39;m hopeful that they will release the data.  I would hope that it&#39;s more important to show that the industry is growing/thriving (my intuition) than holding the info back.</p>
<p>However, only the *aggregated* data would be released, so there&#39;s no way to compare vendors against each other.  I will also provide each vendor their own data compared to the aggregated data for their own benchmarking.  (In other words, you won&#39;t be able to tell from this which vendors are growing, just how the industry as a whole is growing.)</p>
<p>Part of this is also due to the nature of clients that each vendor takes on.  Inkling cater more (in general) to the self-service customers, while others (such as Newsfutures) have generally fewer clients but with a lot more strategic consulting around their engagements.</p>
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		<title>By: TorontoBentley</title>
		<link>http://blog.mercury-rac.com/2009/04/23/measuring-the-prediction-market-industry-a-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-1410</link>
		<dc:creator>TorontoBentley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Jed...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A very good idea for a start.  It is great that you have some &quot;solid interest&quot; from some of the software vendors.  Assuming you do get the data, it will also show whether the industry is growing (net new clients over time).  I&#039;m a bit skeptical that they will release actual data on how many paid clients they have, because I don&#039;t think the numbers are there, so far.  It would also show which vendors are growing.  I may be wrong (hope I am).  If you look at Inkling&#039;s web site, they list a few of their clients, of which most appear to be continuing their use of prediction markets.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Paul</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Jed&#8230;</p>
<p>A very good idea for a start.  It is great that you have some &#8220;solid interest&#8221; from some of the software vendors.  Assuming you do get the data, it will also show whether the industry is growing (net new clients over time).  I&#39;m a bit skeptical that they will release actual data on how many paid clients they have, because I don&#39;t think the numbers are there, so far.  It would also show which vendors are growing.  I may be wrong (hope I am).  If you look at Inkling&#39;s web site, they list a few of their clients, of which most appear to be continuing their use of prediction markets.  </p>
<p>Paul</p>
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