As mentioned previously, the Deep Web is often confused with the Dark Web and the nefarious activities performed therein. Most estimates state that approximately 4% of the Internet is accessible through the Surface Web and its search engines, which is also the reason we commonly see an infographic of an iceberg used to display the different Internet layers. With the Surface Web being the Internet layer with which most people are familiar, it is assumed that the Surface Web contains most of the information on the Internet, but truthfully, it is just the tip of the iceberg, both in visibility and significance. At its most basic level, the Surface Web is essentially everything that we as Internet users can access through web crawlers or your favorite search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, or Bing.
When on the topic of the Dark Web, the Deep Web may be thrown in or used interchangeably, but the two different Internet layers vary quite a bit, especially with regards to content. In reality, there are three (3) major areas of the Internet to differentiate between: the Surface Web, the Deep Web, and the Dark Web. While the Internet appears to be a flat ecosystem on its surface, there are actually numerous different layers at play.
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