> Referenced by: [Digital Gardens](/garden/digital-gardens/index.md), [The Small Web](/garden/the-small-web/index.md)
The Cozy Web is an extension of the dark forest theory of the Internet
It refers to the part of the web that is not web indexable
This part of the web is known for not typically having ads or marketers
Popularized by [this article](https://maggieappleton.com/cozy-web) written by Maggie Appleton, who has also written a lot about [Digital Gardens](/garden/digital-gardens/index.md)