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'''Web Bot''', or the '''Web Bot Project''', refers to a software program createdthat 1997, originally to predict stock market trends, but was lateris claimed to be able to predict future events by tracking keywords entered on the Internet. It was created in 1997, originally to predict stock market trends.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6227357/Web-bot-project-makes-prophecy-of-2012-apocalypse.html|title='Web-bot project' makes prophecy of 2012 apocalypse|last=Chivers|first=Tom|date=24 September 2009|work=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2009-10-04}}</ref> The creator of the Web Bot Project, Clif High, along with his associate George Ure, who call themselves "The Time Monks", keep the technology and algorithms largely secret and sell the predictions on the website [http://www.halfpasthuman.com/ halfpasthuman.com].

==Methodology==

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{{unreliable}}

The Web Bot is claimed to have predicted the following prior to them occurring:<ref>[http://aphroditeastrology.com/2007/05/web-bot-predictions.html]</ref><ref>[http://urbansurvival.com/index.htm]</ref>

*[[September 11 attacks]] - In June 2001 Web Bot predicted that a catastrophic event would occur within the next 60-90 days. {{fact}}

*[[Northeast Blackout of 2003]] - The Web Bot reportedly predicted the power outage in the Northeastern United States in 2003 accurately before it occurred.<ref>[http://urbansurvival.com/simplebots.htm]</ref>

*[[American Airlines Flight 587]] {{fact}}