predicting U.S. Congress elections in 2008 and 2010. In highly contested races where data for both candidates were available, the data successfully predicted the outcome in 33.3% of cases in 2008 and 39% in 2010. The authors conclude that, compared to the traditional methods of election forecasting, incumbency and New York Times polls, and even in comparison with random chance, Google Trends did not prove to be a good predictor of either the 2008 or 2010 elections. Another group has also explored possible implications for financial markets and suggested possible ways to combine insights from Google Trends with other concepts in technical analysis. See also Alexa Internet Google Insights for Search Google Ngram Viewer Wikipedia pageviews Keyword research Notes External links Google Hot Trends – Webpage of top 20 search-terms, each linked to 24-hour graph & data. Trends Computer-related introductions in 2006