Deep web

Deep Web may refer to:

Deep web (search)

The Deep Web, Deep Net,Invisible Web, or Hidden Web are search terms referring to the content on the World Wide Web that is not indexed by standard search ngines. Computer scientist Mike Bergman is credited with coining the term in 2000. The Deep Web is opposite to the Surface web.

Terminology conflation

The first conflation of the terms came about in 2009 when the deep web search terminology was discussed hack into facebook

alongside illegal activities taking place on the Freenet darknet.

Since then, the use in the Silk Road's media reporting, many people and media outlets, have taken to using Deep Web synonymously with the dark web or darknet, a comparison Bright Planet rejects as inaccurate and consequently is an ongoing source of confusion.Wired reporters Kim Zetter and Andy Greenberg recommend the terms be used in distinct fashions.

Size

In the year 2000, Michael K. Bergman said how searching on the Internet can be compared to dragging a net across the surface of the ocean: a great deal may be caught in the net, but there is a wealth of information that is deep and therefore missed. Most of the web's information is buried far down on sites, and standard search engines do not find it. Traditional search engines cannot see or retrieve content in the deep web. The portion of the web that is indexed by standard search engines is known as the surface web. As of 2001, the deep web was several orders of magnitude larger than the surface web. An analogy of an iceberg has been used to represent the division between surface web and deep web respectively.

Deep Web (film)

Deep Web is a 2015 documentary film directed by Alex Winter, chronicling events surrounding Silk Road, bitcoin and politics of the dark web.

Covering the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the documentary features interviews with Wired writer Andy Greenberg and developer Amir Taaki. Deep Web features narration from Winter's Bill & Ted film series co-star and bitcoin enthusiast Keanu Reeves. The film premiered at the 2015 South By Southwest film festival, and aired on May 31, 2015, on the Epix network.

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