Trend forecasting, market analysis -- mineable data for purposes other than just display (their own) ads. Shazam [1], a company that makes an app to identify s

Trend forecasting, market analysis -- mineable data for purposes other than just display (their own) ads. Shazam [1], a company that makes an app to identify songs recorded through the microphone, makes money off of figuring out which songs get a lot of interest. Twitter can do something similar, if they don't already. [1] https://www.shazam.com/company https://www.shazam.com/company