Surface web explained

The Surface Web (also called the Visible Web, Indexed Web, Indexable Web or Lightnet)[1] is the portion of the World Wide Web that is readily available to the general public and searchable with standard web search engines. It is the opposite of the deep web, the part of the web not indexed by a web search engine.[2] The Surface Web only consists of 10 percent of the information that is on the internet.[3] The Surface Web is made with a collection of public web pages on a server accessible by any search engine.[4]

According to one source,, Google's Index of the Surface Web contains about 14.8 billion pages.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gondwanaland.com. Redefining light and dark. November 28, 2005.
  2. Web site: Barratt . Monica. A Discussion About Dark Net Terminology . January 15, 2015. Drugs, Internet, Society. June 14, 2015.
  3. News: What is the difference between the Surface Web, The Deep Web and the Dark Web?. Pink Hat Technology Management. 2018-09-29. en-US. 2019-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20191009132241/https://www.pinkhattech.com/2017/12/04/what-is-the-difference-between-the-surface-web-the-deep-web-and-the-dark-web/. dead.
  4. News: The Surface Web. 2012-05-11. Dark Side of the Web. 2018-09-29. en-US.
  5. Web site: The Size of the World Wide Web. June 14, 2015 . June 14, 2015. Maurice . de Kunder. WorldWideWebSize.com.

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