Web 1.0 Vs 2.0
- Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing
- Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities
- Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer
- Web 1.0 was about HTML, Web 2.0 is about XML
- Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs
He has about 15 such points. Here are a couple more, off the top of my head:
- Web 1.0 was about lectures, Web 2.0 is about conversation
- Web 1.0 was about advertising, Web 2.0 is about word of mouth
- Web 1.0 was about services sold over the web, Web 2.0 is about web services
· What Is Web 2.0
· The
bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning
point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped,
when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common
feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the
point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at
center stage. The pretenders are given the bum's rush, the real success
stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of
what separates one from the other.
· The
concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session
between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web
pioneer and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having "crashed", the web
was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites
popping up with surprising regularity. What's more, the companies that
had survived the collapse seemed to have some things in common. Could it
be that the dot-com collapse marked some kind of turning point for the
web, such that a call to action such as "Web 2.0" might make sense? We
agreed that it did, and so the Web 2.0 Conference was born.
· In
the year and a half since, the term "Web 2.0" has clearly taken hold,
with more than 9.5 million citations in Google. But there's still a huge
amount of disagreement about just what Web 2.0 means, with some people
decrying it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, and others accepting it
as the new conventional wisdom.
· This article is an attempt to clarify just what we mean by Web 2.0.
· In our initial brainstorming, we formulated our sense of Web 2.0 by example:
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DoubleClick
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Google AdSense
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Ofoto
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Flickr
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Akamai
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BitTorrent
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mp3.com
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Napster
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Wikipedia
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personal websites
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blogging
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evite
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upcoming.org and EVDB
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domain name speculation
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search engine optimization
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page views
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cost per click
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screen scraping
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web services
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participation
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wikis
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tagging ("folksonomy")
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syndication
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· The
list went on and on. But what was it that made us identify one
application or approach as "Web 1.0" and another as "Web 2.0"? (The
question is particularly urgent because the Web 2.0 meme has become so
widespread that companies are now pasting it on as a marketing buzzword,
with no real understanding of just what it means. The question is
particularly difficult because many of those buzzword-addicted startups
are definitely not Web 2.0, while some of the applications we
identified as Web 2.0, like Napster and BitTorrent, are not even
properly web applications!) We began trying to tease out the principles
that are demonstrated in one way or another by the success stories of
web 1.0 and by the most interesting of the new applications.
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The Road to Web 3.0
Out
of all the Internet buzzwords and jargon that have made the transition
to the public consciousness, "Web 2.0" might be the best known. Even
though a lot of people have heard about it, not many have any idea what
Web 2.0 means. Some people claim that the term itself is nothing more
than a marketing ploy designed to convince venture capitalists to invest
millions of dollars into Web sites. It's true that when Dale Dougherty
of O'Reilly Media came up with the term, there was no clear definition.
There wasn't even any agreement about if there was a Web 1.0.
Other people insist that Web 2.0 is a reality. In brief, the characteristics of Web 2.0 include:
- The ability for visitors to make changes to Web pages: Amazon allows visitors to post product reviews. Using an online form, a visitor can add information to Amazon's pages that future visitors will be able to read.
- Using Web pages to link people to other users: Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace are popular in part because they make it easy for users to find each other and keep in touch.
- Fast and efficient ways to share content: YouTube is the perfect example. A YouTube member can create a video and upload it to the site for others to watch in less than an hour.
- New ways to get information: Today, Internet surfers can subscribe to a Web page's Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and receive notifications of that Web page's updates as long as they maintain an Internet connection.
- Expanding access to the Internet beyond the computer: Many people access the Internet through devices like cell phones or video game consoles; before long, some experts expect that consumers will access the Internet through television sets and other devices.
Think
of Web 1.0 as a library. You can use it as a source of information, but
you can't contribute to or change the information in any way. Web 2.0
is more like a big group of friends and acquaintances. You can still use
it to receive information, but you also contribute to the conversation
and make it a richer experience.
While
there are still many people trying to get a grip on Web 2.0, others are
already beginning to think about what comes next. What will Web 3.0 be
like? How different will it be from the Web we use today? Will it be a
revolutionary shift, or will it be so subtle that we won't even notice
the difference?
What do Internet experts think the next generation of the World Wide Web will be like? Keep reading to find out.
Web 3.0 Basics
Internet
experts think Web 3.0 is going to be like having a personal assistant
who knows practically everything about you and can access all the
information on the Internet to answer any question. Many compare Web 3.0
to a giant database. While Web 2.0 uses the Internet to make
connections between people, Web 3.0 will use the Internet to make
connections with information. Some experts see Web 3.0 replacing the
current Web while others believe it will exist as a separate network.
It's
easier to get the concept with an example. Let's say that you're
thinking about going on a vacation. You want to go someplace warm and
tropical. You have set aside a budget of $3,000 for your trip. You want a
nice place to stay, but you don't want it to take up too much of your
budget. You also want a good deal on a flight.
With
the Web technology currently available to you, you'd have to do a lot
of research to find the best vacation options. You'd need to research
potential destinations and decide which one is right for you. You might
visit two or three discount travel sites and compare rates for flights
and hotel rooms. You'd spend a lot of your time looking through results
on various search engine results pages. The entire process could take
several hours.
According
to some Internet experts, with Web 3.0 you'll be able to sit back and
let the Internet do all the work for you. You could use a search service
and narrow the parameters of your search. The browser program then
gathers, analyzes and presents the data to you in a way that makes
comparison a snap. It can do this because Web 3.0 will be able to
understand information on the Web.
Right
now, when you use a Web search engine, the engine isn't able to really
understand your search. It looks for Web pages that contain the keywords
found in your search terms. The search engine can't tell if the Web
page is actually relevant for your search. It can only tell that the
keyword appears on the Web page. For example, if you searched for the
term "Saturn," you'd end up with results for Web pages about the planet
and others about the car manufacturer.
A Web 3.0 search engine could find not only the keywords in your search, but also interpret the context
of your request. It would return relevant results and suggest other
content related to your search terms. In our vacation example, if you
typed "tropical vacation destinations under $3,000" as a search request,
the Web 3.0 browser might include a list of fun activities or great
restaurants related to the search results. It would treat the entire
Internet as a massive database of information available for any query.
