Forbes June 23, 2024
We instinctively grasp the ocean’s depth, and the difference between surfing waves, offshore snorkeling and deep diving. Most of us are hardly aware that the World Wide Web works in the same way. Though a random Google search can return seemingly endless results, surfing this vast accessible data is just scratching the surface. In fact, the visible online content is called the surface web, and it comprises just 0.03% to 10% of the internet. Beneath this surface lies the deep web, which contains “non-indexed” content, or content that is protected and cannot be accessed through search engines. The deep web, accounting for about 95% of the internet, includes mostly benign sites that require authentication, such as private email accounts or...
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