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The Surface Web (also called the Visible Web, Indexed Web, Indexable Web) is the portion of the World Wide Web that is readily available to the general public and searchable with standard web search engines. It is the highest layer of the World Wide Web, the other two being the deep web, the area not accessible via standard search engines, and the Dark web, the area with your IP address, and therefore your identity, hidden. {{cite web|last=Barratt |first=Monica|title=A Discussion About Dark Net Terminology |date=January 15, 2015

According to one source, , Google's Index of the Surface Web contains about 14.8 billion pages.

References

"What is the difference between the Surface Web, The Deep Web and the Dark Web?". Pink Hat Technology Management.
(2012-05-11). "The Surface Web". Dark Side of the Web.
de Kunder, Maurice. (June 14, 2015). "The Size of the World Wide Web".

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