Obsolescence of the term deep web in the light of research on the activity of web users

The article addresses the issues of redefining the term Deep Web or introducing the term Inaccessible Web, which is a considerably better representation of the availability of web pages for Internet users. It presents the course and results of studying over 2 months of activity of employees in an institution, which indicate that they browse only a small group of internet portals, and this number depends on their age, gender, and education. Also, it has been observed that the browsed content was mainly in the user’s native language, and less frequently in the English language. What is also addressed is the availability of web pages for people with disabilities and the obligation to adapt web pages to legally required accessibility standards.