Problems
•Average Web searches examine only 25% of available information •Web searches return a lot of unwanted information •Information content of the Web doubles approximately every six months •Problem continues to worsen as Web grows
There are some fundamental problems that impact how effectively we can use the Web today. We can only search a relatively small percentage of the information that is actually available. Even then, we get back, and have to sift through, a lot of junk that isn’t what we wanted. And, these problems are only going to get worse as the total amount of information on the Web continues to grow.