4 Billion online searches per day worldwide (www.comscore.com)
Searches unsuccessful = 20% (J Trant et al, Understanding searches of Online collections)
= 800 million search failures per day
…….with a 10% qualifier to allow for more successful short searches…….
Simulated Gatfol Addition
= 80 million extra successful searches with Gatfol
…..equivalent to the 5th largest standalone search engine in the world…..
Unexpected Gatfol contribution:
….most users avoid long searches after early initial failures….
Gatfol can possibly double the use of longer queries : 10% x 4 billion = 400 million
= plus 80 million searches now successful from previously abandoned searches
= +- 0.5 billion extra Gatfol related successful searches per day
Simulated Gatfol Addition
………equivalent to the 3rd largest standalone search engine in the world……. !