Invisible Web

Pedley, Paul

doi:10.4324/9780203403839

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“…His estimates from that time``showed that the best search engine (HotBot) covered only 34 percent of the 320 million pages the study estimated to exist, while the worst (Lycos) covered only 3 percent'' (Sullivan, 1999). Paul Pedley in The Library Association Record, compares it to a user searching a library catalog and finding out that less than 1 percent of the collection had been indexed (Pedley, 2000).…”

Section: What Is the Invisible Web?mentioning

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Invisible business information: the selection of invisible Web sites in constructing subject pages for business

McGuigan

2003

Collection Building

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Addressing the selection of invisible Web sites for business subject pages as part of collection development, this discussion begins with defining the invisible Web and examining why certain Web pages are``invisible.'' Followed by an acknowledgement of problems concerning the use of terminology, implications for the process of collection development and a brief examination of the criteria in selecting the items for subject Web pages are addressed. Upon using strategies to locate these materials in order to create useful subject pages, selection criteria for the Web sites include determining the credibility of the source, and examining the scope and quality of content.

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Section: What Is the Invisible Web?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Invisible business information: the selection of invisible Web sites in constructing subject pages for business

McGuigan

2003

Collection Building

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“…It consists of the files which are not indexed by search engines, either because of technical limitations or due to intentional choice. Sometimes, the Invisible Web is also called Deep Web or Dark Matter [Pedl07].…”

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confidence: 99%