Deep Internet Search: What Does It Mean for Search Engines?

Google.  What does it mean?  In the company's corporate information, they define "What's a Google?" by referencing a "Googol". So what's a "Googol"?  It's a mathematical term for the number one followed by 100 zeros.  The number has no real significance even in math, except when making comparisons.

Because Google's mission is to organize all the information available on the web, this reference is a good one for their name.  But in reality, they're only indexing a small fraction of what's out there on the web now. Even with the one trillion addresses Google has indexed, there's more. Much more.

And while it may surprise many, Google's not leading the way in one of the new advances in search, the Deep Web.  The Deep Web involves indexing the areas of the Internet that traditional search engines can't now, like information stored in databases or information behind forms.

If you thought there was a lot of information available in search engines now, read this New York Times article to find out what could be available to you with the Deep Web. Read more.