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The Invisible Web

When using a conventional Search Engine, search results are retrieved from what is known as the "visible web".

Documents on the "invisible web", or "the deep web" are difficult to retrieve via search engines because they are generally stored in sources such as searchable databases. These databases are dynamically created and do not have a static web site.

Useful sites include:

  • InvisibleWeb.com
    http://www.invisibleweb.com
    InvisibleWeb.comcontains over 10,000 databases and searchable sources, with Quick or Advanced Search features and a browsable index.
  • Internet.com
    http://www.internet.com/
    Internet.com is an extensive and filtered collection of useful databases and newswires
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