The Invisible Web

Thu, Dec 6, 2007, by Dave Cool

Search Engines

Google indexes around 40% of the entire web. There is a whole lot more to web search possibilities than that,though.

The name speaks for itself. The invisible web consists of sites you can’t easily find on Google or other general search engines.

What does this invisible web contains?

It contains databases, government records and other resources which are highly useful if you’re doing a research or want to know something more about a subject that interests you.

How can I search through this “invisible web”?

You can search through numerous resources. No, there isn’t any search engine that indexes all the pages. Actually, even according to some researches, search engines like Google index less than 40% of the whole world wide web.

Wow, did you know that the Internet is so huge? If Google is indexing so little…then who knows what’s there waiting to be uncovered! Sky is the limit…

So, do you want to discover the most useful sites to find the “hidden” content? Read on…

Here are some useful resources:

  1. GPO Access
  2. Scholary Internet Resource Collections
  3. Direct Search
  4. Resourch Shelf
  5. Education Reference Desk
  6. Academic Info
  7. Librarian’s Index
  8. Open Access Journal
  9. Find Law
  10. Complete Planet
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  1. thanks Says:

    thanks!

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