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* The Web Bot gained most of its notoriety for contributing to the [[2012 phenomenon]] by predicting a cataclysm that would devastate the planet on 21 December 2012, possibly a reversing of [[Earth's magnetic field|Earth's magnetic poles]] or a small series of nuclear attacks leading up to a major attack during the year. The prediction did not call for a complete end of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Worlds-expiry-date-21-December-2012/521526/ |title=World's expiry date: 21 December 2012? |publisher=ExpressIndia |access-date=3 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329041221/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Worlds-expiry-date-21-December-2012/521526/ |archive-date=29 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldia.com.ar/edis/20080427/revistadomingo15.htm|title=El Nostradamus virtual (in Spanish)|publisher=[[El Día (La Plata)|El Día]]|access-date=25 October 2009}}</ref>
* Web Bot predicted that a massive earthquake would occur in December 2008 in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada and the [[Pacific Northwest]], but no such event happened.<ref name=taylor>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article651047.ece |title=Vanwaterworld? Hold the Armageddon talk |last=Taylor |first=Timothy |date=January 2009 |work=The Globe and Mail |___location=Canada |access-date=4 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329060911/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article651047.ece |archive-date=29 March 2010 }}</ref>
* A prediction that the US dollar would completely collapse in 2011, and that [[Israel]] would bomb [[Iran]], with the administration of U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] being thrown into major chaos.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/167241-the-market-s-current-psychological-map|title=The Market's Current Psychological Map|date=19 October 2009 |publisher=[[Seeking Alpha]]|access-date=25 October 2009}}</ref>
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