The term Web 2.0 was coined in 2003 by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty, the two founders of O'Reilly Media, during a brainstorming session. This America media company started publishing books on web development when only a few hundred Internet websites existed. Web 2.0 is defined as the following:
Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the basic advantage of that platform; delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences
Looking at how far computing has evolved from its early days, it's simply amazing. Web 2.0 is meant to take the Internet we know and turn it interactive, fun and friendlier Internet. In Web 1.0, web surfers were spectators. In Web 2.0, surfers are in the middle of the action Web 2.0 world you can both "push" and "pull" data on the web.
One of the most obvious differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 is their completely different looks. Web 2.0 predominantly shows a white background with bright colors. Most sites use rounded fonts and a format that is easy to read.
Web 2.0 has better functionality and allows the visitor to interact with the website. Blogger, MySpace, Twitter and Facebook are Web 2.0 sites that revolutionized social networking. These sites allow millions of people to interact with each other and share information, ideas, opinions, expertise and complaints. Social networking and social bookmarking are highly compatible as users can share their preferred websites with others. Yahoo Answers is another example of Web 2.0 technology that allows people to ask questions and have other people in the Yahoo community answer these questions. The people who provide answers are rewarded with points as far as I know.
Web 2.0 is also associated with blogging and exchanging information. Blogs resemble diaries in the sense that they provide a means for people to write about anything that is on their mind but most aren’t PRIVATE. You can set your blogs to be shared with everyone on the Internet or kept private. YouTube and Flickr are sites that decided to take video and picture sharing to new level heights. They allow people to post their videos or pictures and other people to comment on what is posted.
The Web 2.0 phenomenon is breaking down the barriers between work and play, creating new opportunities for discussion, self-expression, and networking. The lesson to be learned is that if, in the interest of transparency and self-promotion, you choose to make your identity publicly known, you should always balance personality with professionalism.
One of the great advantages to the user-friendly services collectively known as "Web 2.0 technology" is that it allows average people, with little understanding or inclination to understand computer code, to post content to the web easily, whether it's a blog post, a collection of photographs, or a video.
Web 2.0 sites such as Facebook, Youtube, and our blogs are so useful in learning about your peers, the industry, and networking. With Facebook I have the ability to stay in contact with former students, teachers, employers, etc. and have groups available to me such as information’s on what I have interest in.
Blogging and facebook is one of the greatess tool I have ever had. It enables me to watch, interact and get information based on whats shown
with more and more sites converting to Web 2.0, the Internet will keep evolving and new opportunities will appear. Who knows what Web 3.0 will be able to do?
I think also the difference between Web1.0 and 2.0 is that 1.0 is its one way ... someone puts up a web site that a third party an view. 2.0 allows all users to generate content and to interact together and to co-generate content (like Wikipedia).
ReplyDeleteyes it is absolutely one way , i have been trying to go through my past work to find samples of it to upload it on blog.
ReplyDeletebut i bumped into a video which even made it vase clear that web 1.0 makes the webmaster constantly burden with the responsibility of updating the website to keep visitors informed and engaged and some how today internet users are looking for more than just information, they want to interact , share as they are searching for an experience.
while web2.0 the webmaster shares the responsibilities with the internet audience for keeping the site informative and engaging, information are then stored and shared out but in depth.
I think wiki is not an exact information given but a slight definition of what the product is all about , wiki is like a generated information formed from different source gathered into one source.
i pondered the other day about the prevalence of third party content in web 2.0 sites because the performance third party content has is substantial and i think has an impact on user experience. it could be negative or positive but then again i think as a person accurately we need to define what subset of sites we care about.
right to shorten down what i want to say is that vast majority companies such as yahoo have third party content and pretty much any successful company or site will have it.
I assume that the qualities that have helped to make top web properties so successful has led them to embrace third party content.