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The surface web (also called the visible web, indexed web, or indexable web) is the portion of the World Wide Web that is readily available to the general public and searchable with standard web search engines.
Overview
[edit]It is the highest layer of the World Wide Web, the other two being the deep web, the area not accessible via standard search engines, and the Dark web, the area with your IP address, and therefore your identity, hidden. [1] The Surface Web only consists of 10 percent of the information that is on the internet.[2]
The Surface Web is made with a collection of public web pages on a server accessible by any search engine.[3]
According to one source, as of June 14, 2015[update], Google's Index of the Surface Web contains about 14.8 billion pages.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Barratt, Monica (January 15, 2015). "A Discussion About Dark Net Terminology". Drugs, Internet, Society. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ↑ "What is the difference between the Surface Web, The Deep Web and the Dark Web?". Pink Hat Technology Management. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ↑ "The Surface Web". Dark Side of the Web. 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ↑ de Kunder, Maurice (June 14, 2015). "The Size of the World Wide Web". WorldWideWebSize.com. Retrieved June 14, 2015.