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New Search Engine Takes "Dyve" Into the Dark Web

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. You have to pay?! by LingNoi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't know about you guys but I prefer not to have to sign up or use the "pro" version for my web searching needs.

    In fact why do I have to sign up to web search anything?

    Besides this thing looks like it just gets in your way.

    Thanks, but it's not a google killer.

  2. Woo... by ZekoMal · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just what I needed: 40 million NEW search results to sift through; I already have to deal with the first 5 pages being useful, followed by 60 pages of, let's say 'pokemon glitch' that is really someone's blog that has 500 words slapped on the bottom (nothing quite as useful as finding out a website that came up on the search says at the very bottom of the blog 'boobs anal pokemon glitch asians etc'

    Good news is I can finally PAY to be annoyed.

  3. Dear DeapDyve: +1, PatRIOTic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Login? to search a "dark net".

    You are fucking kidding?

    I was right about Tesla crashing. I'll make another prediction.

    Deap Dyve out of business in 1 year.

    Cheers,
    Kilgore Trout

    P.S. : get the Cyrillic fonts enabled. Russia is invading the U.S.S.A. Finally !!!

  4. Try it (or not) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I shall certainly try it out.
    BUT, if it is anything like how badly Cuil went on its first week, it will fail.

    Instantly, just by seeing the frontpage, i don't have high hopes.
    You have to sign up?
    Yes, i will try it, when i can be bothered signing up, WHICH would probably be never, as i will probably forget about it until the article posted here in a month saying how awful it is doing.

  5. Re:Pay walls by z0idberg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they can't set up a registration system that can get someone registered in under a week then how good is the rest of it?

    And what do they need my street address for?

    Pass.

  6. Google by Aggrajag · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'll wait for Google to assimilate DeepDyve before I'll check it out.