I think we as hackers can use our abilities to analyze certain companies better than the professionals. Example 1: track the Google rankings of companies that

I think we as hackers can use our abilities to analyze certain companies better than the professionals. Example 1: track the Google rankings of companies that rely a lot on search engine traffic. see if any have dropped a lot from a major algorithm change (i.e. Demand Media) Example 2: use the Facebook graph API to do the same for companies that rely a lot on Facebook for traffic. Example 3: at the end of every month create a profile on weightwatchers.com. Note the user id number. Use this to extrapolate the number of users that signed up every month. Example 4: track the number of websites that installed a JS script for vendors like Hubspot. Example 5: every month scrape Ecommerce sites and track the increase % of reviews for major brands.