diff --git a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/EdgeIndexQueryService.java b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/EdgeIndexQueryService.java
index 7cbecc5d..fd753f81 100644
--- a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/EdgeIndexQueryService.java
+++ b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/EdgeIndexQueryService.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import gnu.trove.set.hash.TIntHashSet;
 import io.prometheus.client.Counter;
+import io.prometheus.client.Gauge;
 import io.prometheus.client.Histogram;
 import nu.marginalia.util.dict.DictionaryHashMap;
 import nu.marginalia.wmsa.client.GsonFactory;
@@ -47,8 +48,9 @@ public class EdgeIndexQueryService {
 
     private static final Counter wmsa_edge_index_query_timeouts = Counter.build().name("wmsa_edge_index_query_timeouts").help("-").register();
 
-    private static final Histogram wmsa_edge_index_query_time = Histogram.build().name("wmsa_edge_index_query_time").linearBuckets(50, 50, 15).help("-").register();
-    private static final Histogram wmsa_edge_index_domain_query_time = Histogram.build().name("wmsa_edge_index_domain_query_time").linearBuckets(50, 50, 15).help("-").register();
+    private static final Gauge wmsa_edge_index_query_cost = Gauge.build().name("wmsa_edge_index_query_cost").help("-").register();
+    private static final Histogram wmsa_edge_index_query_time = Histogram.build().name("wmsa_edge_index_query_time").linearBuckets(25/1000., 25/1000., 15).help("-").register();
+    private static final Histogram wmsa_edge_index_domain_query_time = Histogram.build().name("wmsa_edge_index_domain_query_time").linearBuckets(25/1000., 25/1000., 15).help("-").register();
 
     private final Gson gson = GsonFactory.get();
 
@@ -109,7 +111,12 @@ public class EdgeIndexQueryService {
 
 
     public EdgeSearchResultSet query(EdgeSearchSpecification specsSet) {
-        List<EdgeSearchResultItem> results = new SearchQuery(specsSet).execute();
+        SearchQuery searchQuery = new SearchQuery(specsSet);
+
+        List<EdgeSearchResultItem> results = searchQuery.execute();
+
+        wmsa_edge_index_query_cost.set(searchQuery.getDataCost());
+
         return new EdgeSearchResultSet(results);
     }
 
@@ -155,6 +162,8 @@ public class EdgeIndexQueryService {
         private final IndexSearchBudget budget;
         private final IndexQueryCachePool cachePool = new IndexQueryCachePool();
 
+        private long dataCost = 0;
+
         public SearchQuery(EdgeSearchSpecification specsSet) {
             this.specsSet = specsSet;
             this.budget = new IndexSearchBudget(specsSet.timeoutMs);
@@ -245,6 +254,8 @@ public class EdgeIndexQueryService {
                     }
                 }
 
+                dataCost += query.dataCost();
+
             }
 
             return results;
@@ -309,6 +320,10 @@ public class EdgeIndexQueryService {
             );
         }
 
+        public long getDataCost() {
+            return dataCost;
+        }
+
         record ResultTerm (int bucket, int termId, long combinedUrlId) {}
         record ResultTermData (IndexBlock index,
                                boolean title,
diff --git a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/query/IndexQuery.java b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/query/IndexQuery.java
index 254e4195..94a431c3 100644
--- a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/query/IndexQuery.java
+++ b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/index/svc/query/IndexQuery.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class IndexQuery {
     }
 
     private int si = 0;
+    private int dataCost;
 
     public boolean hasMore() {
         return si < sources.size();
@@ -36,9 +37,13 @@ public class IndexQuery {
             return 0;
         }
 
+        dataCost += bufferUtilizedLength;
+
         for (var filter : inclusionFilter) {
             bufferUtilizedLength = filter.retainDestructive(dest, bufferUtilizedLength);
 
+            dataCost += bufferUtilizedLength;
+
             if (bufferUtilizedLength <= 0) {
                 si++;
                 return 0;
@@ -47,9 +52,13 @@ public class IndexQuery {
 
         int count = min(bufferUtilizedLength, dest.length);
         System.arraycopy(dest, 0, dest, 0, count);
+
         return count;
     }
 
+    public long dataCost() {
+        return dataCost;
+    }
     public String toString() {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         sb.append("Sources:\n");
diff --git a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/search/svc/EdgeSearchDomainSearchService.java b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/search/svc/EdgeSearchDomainSearchService.java
index 5da50911..40e61b11 100644
--- a/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/search/svc/EdgeSearchDomainSearchService.java
+++ b/marginalia_nu/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/wmsa/edge/search/svc/EdgeSearchDomainSearchService.java
@@ -27,13 +27,10 @@ public class EdgeSearchDomainSearchService {
         this.edgeDataStoreDao = edgeDataStoreDao;
     }
 
+
     public List<BrowseResult> getDomainResults(Context ctx, EdgeSearchSpecification specs) {
 
-        List<String> keywords = specs.subqueries.stream()
-                .filter(sq -> sq.searchTermsExclude.isEmpty() && sq.searchTermsInclude.size() == 1)
-                .map(sq -> sq.searchTermsInclude.get(0))
-                .distinct()
-                .toList();
+        List<String> keywords = getKeywordsFromSpecs(specs);
 
         if (keywords.isEmpty())
             return Collections.emptyList();
@@ -61,4 +58,11 @@ public class EdgeSearchDomainSearchService {
     }
 
 
+    private List<String> getKeywordsFromSpecs(EdgeSearchSpecification specs) {
+        return specs.subqueries.stream()
+                .filter(sq -> sq.searchTermsExclude.isEmpty() && sq.searchTermsInclude.size() == 1 && sq.searchTermsAdvice.isEmpty())
+                .map(sq -> sq.searchTermsInclude.get(0))
+                .distinct()
+                .toList();
+    }
 }