From a technology coverage point of view, as opposed to politics coverage, Yahoo could bring this type of data analysis and prediction engine to other content verticals.

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Therefore, it is possible to apply a lot of cutting-edge social network and social gaming-type analysis to the data.

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Through this type of analysis, big data actually becomes useful.

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But more analysis of this type, using better data, is needed.

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This type of analysis is limited by the data that is available today.

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Periodically, I see articles dismissing this type of analysis, but invariably, the focus is just on the daily data and not the weekly or monthly.

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Best Stocks for Option Traders: Using the same type of analysis as above, there are many ways we can use the data to search for ideal option plays.

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