| Finding and reading "Invisible Web" pages is not difficult nor prohibited, but it is time-consuming. Because Invisible Web ("Deep Web") content is very specialized and unique to a specific topic of changing content, you will need to search twice:
- First: you need to use primary search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, A9, Vivisimo, Dogpile, Ask) to locate the database you want. Expect this to be at least 30 minutes of searching (e.g. search for "jobs in honolulu", "weather reports dublin", "houses for sale winnipeg", "hard drive sales at best buy")
- Secondly: once you find the specific database you want, you then need to search within that database. For example: you may find www.monster.com helpful for searching databased jobs in Honolulu. Perhaps you will read www.theweathernetwork.com to find your weather reports, or www.expedia.com to search for available flights. Note: expect this "invisible web" database searching to take hours; these databases overflow with interesting and useful content!
Next:
- A diagram of the Visible and Invisible Web
(including examples of some Invisible Web database sites)
- "Gateways" to the Invisible Web
Websearch Guide, Wendy Boswell, lists some special search engines that help you find Invisible Web databases
- More explanation of the Invisible Web
from Wendy Boswell
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