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The Deep Web or Dark Matter?

It looks like it’s pick on Google day.

Of course in all actuality there’s no reason that Google won’t crack this or acquire whoever does.

New Search Technologies Mine the Web More Deeply – NYTimes.com

Now a new breed of technologies is taking shape that will extend the reach of search engines into the Web’s hidden corners. When that happens, it will do more than just improve the quality of search results — it may ultimately reshape the way many companies do business online.

Remember how disruptive the Web was is on business? The ability to search and harness the deep Web will prove to be just as disruptive. I have to wonder though if it turns out to be more like trying to harness Dark Matter: ultimately impossible for a myriad of reasons.

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  1. A big chunk of the deep web can be found using your library card. Most libraries provide access to dozens of powerful research databases–most which are not available on the regular web. Get a library card and find what Google can’t ;)

    Posted by Memo | 24. Feb, 2009, 10:30 am
  2. So would I actually have to go to a library to do that? ‘Cause that could be a problem :) Memo, I think I just need to spend a day with you and learn all the great wonders our library’s have.

    Posted by Tac Anderson | 24. Feb, 2009, 10:50 am
  3. While it’d be great to see you at the library, you don’t have to be at the library to enjoy its online fruits. Log in using your library card creds as your login/pass–it depends of which library you use, but most will have a “Research Databases” link somewhere on their page.

    Posted by Memo | 25. Feb, 2009, 11:44 am

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