New Search Engine Takes "Dyve" Into the Dark Web

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 12, 2008 @08:47AM from the looking-for-porn dept.

CWmike writes "DeepDyve has launched its free search engine that can be used to access databases, scholarly journals, unstructured information and other data sources in the so-called 'Deep Web' or 'Dark Web,' where traditional search technologies don't work. The company partnered with owners of private technical publications, databases, scholarly publications and unstructured data to gain access to content overlooked by other engines. Google said earlier this month that it was adding the ability to search PDF documents. In April, Google said it was investigating how to index HTML forms such as drop-down boxes and select menus, another part of the Dark Web."

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Re:Pay walls by philspear · 2008-11-12 09:03 · Score: 5, Informative

It appears this website ITSELF requires a subscription, the "beta" is free, the "pro" is not. Signing up for the beta will get you a registration page, followed by this helpful message:
"Due to the wonderful interest that we have received, we will be sending out your username and password next week.
We hope you enjoy using DeepDyve, the research engine for the Deep Web!"
Not impressed so far that they can't let me use the search for a week unless I pay them money. Don't fall for this scam.