Web traffic represents a powerful mirror for various real-world phenomena. For example, it was shown that web search volumes have a positive correlation with stock trading volumes and with the sentiment of investors. Our hypothesis is that user browsing behavior on a domain-specific portal is a better predictor of user intent than web searches.
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