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What are these dark areas of the Internet, the vast databases that search engines like Google do not scan?

I read an article in the New York Times about the New York Public Library which answers questions and it mentioned dark areas of the Internet, vast databases that search engines like Google do not scan and I wonder what are in those areas, why doesn't Google scan them and what search engine will scan them and where do you get that search engine and what will be there when and if you are ever able to scan those areas.

Public Comments

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2. The Internet is a source for All kinds of information Currently there is no regulation to control the content. Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.. have a responsibility to protect it's users from harmful websites. You know, the kind that take over your PC and steal all your personal information. If you still have the urge to find the Dark Internet, then I wish you luck As a Black American, I can assure you that it is called "Dark" for a reason. If I need to explain it to you, then shoot me an Email
3. it's actually called the "deep web" and search engines can't index them because they only index content which is static(not requiring client side scripting because the web crawler can't interact with it), linked (from other sites), non-multimedia(html, text), public(not passworded) content. See wikipedia for more. If you are talking about online webpages that were meant to be private but were not secured correctly so that google searches can find them, see the second link. This is called Google hacking.