Comments on: Dial Idol, Zabasearch and Other Predictions http://crushable.com/entertainment/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/ Crushable gives you the celebrity news, style and scoop on the stuff you care about. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:44:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: michael b http://crushable.com/entertainment/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-246641 michael b Sat, 19 May 2007 14:26:47 +0000 http://www.idolstalker.com/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/#comment-246641 jeane, this is where i saw a message from zabasearch about jordin taking the lead after melinda was eliminated http://zabexelith.livejournal.com/14043.html?view=54747#t54747 jeane, this is where i saw a message from zabasearch about jordin taking the lead after melinda was eliminated

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]]> By: michael b http://crushable.com/entertainment/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-246634 michael b Sat, 19 May 2007 14:14:06 +0000 http://www.idolstalker.com/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/#comment-246634 i checked zabasearch.com the morning of the voting results show. it said melinda would be going home and that they would publish a chart at noon. but they didn't say which time zone. the chart you put on your site above was there by noon central time. they said they would update it "1-2 more times", but then later stated they would be sticking with the original chart. i saw that message at about 4pm central time. i also noticed they placed their predictions in google ads. if you searched melinda's name that day in google, they stated in the ads that she would be going home. those ads were on all day. they also had ads for blake and jordin all day and those ads said they would be going on to the finals and that jordin would go on to win. ever since then, they have had that same message on their page. i saw on another web site that stated zabasearch supported that claim by saying that jordin would pick up most of melinda's support after melinda got voted off. apparently they have a system similar to exit polling. i have sent several messages to zabasearch asking them to explain their methodology, but i guess i understand why they don't want to tell everyone how they do it. but it does seem to work. i haven't checked every week, but every time i did check, it did turn out to be right. so i guess they must be on to something. i checked zabasearch.com the morning of the voting results show. it said melinda would be going home and that they would publish a chart at noon. but they didn’t say which time zone. the chart you put on your site above was there by noon central time. they said they would update it “1-2 more times”, but then later stated they would be sticking with the original chart. i saw that message at about 4pm central time. i also noticed they placed their predictions in google ads. if you searched melinda’s name that day in google, they stated in the ads that she would be going home. those ads were on all day. they also had ads for blake and jordin all day and those ads said they would be going on to the finals and that jordin would go on to win. ever since then, they have had that same message on their page. i saw on another web site that stated zabasearch supported that claim by saying that jordin would pick up most of melinda’s support after melinda got voted off. apparently they have a system similar to exit polling. i have sent several messages to zabasearch asking them to explain their methodology, but i guess i understand why they don’t want to tell everyone how they do it. but it does seem to work. i haven’t checked every week, but every time i did check, it did turn out to be right. so i guess they must be on to something.

]]> By: Jeanne http://crushable.com/entertainment/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-246237 Jeanne Fri, 18 May 2007 20:47:53 +0000 http://www.idolstalker.com/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/#comment-246237 Michael, for me, I checked like 20 times and it kept saying "Jordin's hanging tight. Melinda has gained a lot. Blake as the most repeat voters." And then it gave a message saying they were going to review the results a second time. If you look at the message board from that day, there were a lot of people complaining about the delay. For me, the screen never updated. I did notice that most of us who were complaining were on the west coast. Could that be it? I love Zabasearch and I think they are awesome. Thanks for telling me about your experience. It helps. If you end up coming back to this site before the next results show and I don't have the prediction up, maybe you could tell me what it says on your screen. Michael, for me, I checked like 20 times and it kept saying “Jordin’s hanging tight. Melinda has gained a lot. Blake as the most repeat voters.” And then it gave a message saying they were going to review the results a second time. If you look at the message board from that day, there were a lot of people complaining about the delay. For me, the screen never updated. I did notice that most of us who were complaining were on the west coast. Could that be it?

I love Zabasearch and I think they are awesome. Thanks for telling me about your experience. It helps. If you end up coming back to this site before the next results show and I don’t have the prediction up, maybe you could tell me what it says on your screen.

]]> By: michael b http://crushable.com/entertainment/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-245956 michael b Fri, 18 May 2007 13:49:38 +0000 http://www.idolstalker.com/dial-idol-zabasearch-and-other-predictions/#comment-245956 I don't understand why you're saying ZabaSearch couldn't make a prediction on the final results. I watch that site very closely. They posted their final prediction by lunchtime on the day of the voting results show on may 16. they posted the chart and later in the day stated again they would be sticking by that final chart. I have followed their predictions for weeks and they always get it right. I don't understand why they don't get more attention about it. everyone else like dialidol seem to always get it wrong and zabasearch is always right. I don’t understand why you’re saying ZabaSearch couldn’t make a prediction on the final results. I watch that site very closely. They posted their final prediction by lunchtime on the day of the voting results show on may 16. they posted the chart and later in the day stated again they would be sticking by that final chart. I have followed their predictions for weeks and they always get it right. I don’t understand why they don’t get more attention about it. everyone else like dialidol seem to always get it wrong and zabasearch is always right.

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