Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:30 PM PST
The Yahoo Buzz Game is, in their own words, a "fantasy prediction market for high-tech products, concepts, and trends." You get $10,000 dollars to invest in keywords within various technology markets; if your keywords are searched more frequently than others within a market, your investment goes up. Well, presumably, anyway -- I'm not terribly sure on the exact model they use for determining a stock's current value.
Right now I'm ranked 144 out of 612 (user bglick), with a net worth of $10,232.95.
I don't see the point in investing in something like Google Maps -- I can't see someone going to Yahoo to search for "google maps", y'know?
There's also a flaw in the game: Yahoo needs to be very quick about spotting buzz and trends before anyone else and then adding it to the game. The game lasts several months, and many of the upcoming movers and shakers aren't yet on anybody's radars.
Anyone else playing?