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Google Sheds Light On 'Dark Web' With PDF Search

Posted by Soulskill on from the are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-web dept.

CWmike writes "Google this week took another step in its effort to shed light on the so-called Dark Web, announcing that its search engine can now search scanned documents in a PDF. In April, Google announced that it was looking for ways for its search engine to index HTML forms such as drop-down boxes or select menus that otherwise couldn't be found or indexed." An announcement is available at the official Google blog, and it contains some demonstration searches.

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  1. Re:1000 years of darkness coming to an end? by philspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    After reading that, I've come to the conclusion that some parts of the internet should definitely remain in the dark.