Where Will the Next Trillion Searches Come From? | Distilled | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

If desktop search is the first trillion, and mobile search is the second trillion, where will we find the third trillion?

Well, for a start, there is some growth still to come even in searches like those that people are already doing even in the most mature markets - the best argument I have for that is this chart which shows the growth of e-commerce, and how all of Amazon’s growth fits into around 8% of the total retail market. Just as e-commerce has further to go, so there is still untapped search demand.

But that’s going to be slow going - it’s not going to add a trillion / year any time soon.

So what might?

Well, my theory is that it’s going to come from searches people aren’t doing yet.

Here’s some data and evidence...