However, information is being overlooked that was never intended to be hidden. ![]() These searchable, publicly available pages can be accessed from a standard web browser and connect to other pages using hyperlinks. The Surface Web, occupying 10% of the internet, contains those websites with visible contents resulting from search engine indexing. There is more to the internet than meets the eye, with its three distinct layers of depth. This makes up around 20% of the content out there. When we talk about the surface web, we are referring to what one would naturally from a surface level search through, i.e. How’s that for a reality check? What is the deep web? In fact, the issue of overload is so much more severe that one may initially realise. As John points out, when people talk about ‘information overload’ they haven’t even experienced a quarter of what’s really available on the web. ![]() It’s estimated that 80% of all web content actually sits below the surface, meaning that what we see through traditional engines such as Google and Bing is, quite literally, just the tip of the iceberg.Īs a society, we’re throwing around the term ‘information overload’ like it’s going out of fashion but this statistic really puts that into perspective. Quite aptly, John used the analogy of an iceberg to describe the different types of web - surface, deep and dark. He was joined by his colleague Katherine Henderson, a LibSource Research Analyst. The original webinar was headed up by John DiGilio, Senior Director of Research & Intelligence at LibSource. It seems timely to revisit this blog post which discusses the importance of library and information professions in their role of uncovering the deep web for the benefit of end-users.
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