| Web 2.0 is all the rave. What is it? How did it come | | | | Page views are no longer necessary in knowing the |
| about? Where is it going? It sounds like a software | | | | amount of traffic your website generates. The amount |
| program or some highly technological aspect that is | | | | you pay per click is now the best indicator. |
| getting ready to make its debut does it not? Well, in | | | | Before, if you wanted the news, you had to go looking |
| actuality it is neither of these. Web 2.0 is nothing more | | | | for it. RSS feeds now do that for you automatically |
| than some tools and ideas working together to make | | | | and delivers it directly to you. Many websites have |
| the internet a more user friendly and easier world to | | | | automatic RSS feeds that you can choose to receive |
| maneuver. Think about all of the new ideas to come to | | | | and there are one stop type of shops that allow you |
| the internet in the last few years. | | | | to sign up for many different feeds at the same time, |
| This whole concept may include AJAX, social | | | | so you can avoid having to search for the news and |
| bookmarking, RSS feeds, tags, and blogs. Of course, | | | | headlines. |
| this does not even begin to encompass the whole | | | | Tagging is also a Web 2.0 technology. Tags allow |
| concept of web 2.0, but it does give you a relatively | | | | users to search for specific items and information that |
| good idea. Each and every day, we use Web 2.0 as a | | | | they are looking for. It really simplifies the internet for |
| whole. With all the cell phones, ipods, Blackberry, and | | | | users everywhere. When a person makes a post on |
| the convenience it offers, you are relishing technology | | | | a blog or social bookmarking websites, they can |
| with just everything you do, unconsciously. | | | | identify tags. When a user searches for these tags, |
| There was a web 1.a century ago in "internet years" | | | | they will find the posts that relate to their search terms. |
| that is. Think of it this way: the "old" internet is web 1 | | | | Essentially, Web 2.0 just makes the internet a more |
| and the "new" internet, is web 2.0. What could you | | | | user friendly and easier place to work, play, shop, and |
| really do? With 1.0, websites were static, they were | | | | research. Now that you know how Web 1.0 has |
| not attractive in terms of the latest in interactive and | | | | evolved to Web 2.0, where is it going from here? |
| animated websites with 2.0. With Web 2.0, updates | | | | Seeking Web 3.0 |
| are as regular and necessary as the sun coming up | | | | No one can really predict the future of the internet. It is |
| each day, with 1.revisions were almost nonexistent for | | | | too impossible to tell, however, there are some |
| websites of any form. Now, let us compare some of | | | | standards and paths that can lead us in the right |
| the differences, to give you a better picture. | | | | direction for predictions. There are so many possibilities |
| Comparing Web 1.0 with Web 2.0 | | | | for the future of the internet that it is extremely hard to |
| With Web 1.0 if you really wanted to look something | | | | predict. Many people are leaning towards artificial |
| up, you had something similar to an online dictionary. | | | | intelligence for the internet. They are also indicating that |
| You could look up a definition, but that was about the | | | | computer graphics will be more sophisticated, web |
| extent of it. With Web 2.0, you have the concept of | | | | applications will be more modular and internet will be |
| Wikipedia, which provides you deep and intuitive | | | | bullet speed with web 3.0. |
| information submitted directly by other users. This is so | | | | People expect that Web 3.0 will bring innovative ways |
| much more than just a simple definition, this is an entire | | | | to build applications. They will be smaller and have the |
| history or background of virtually any topic. | | | | ability to run on multiple devices. Then there is always |
| With Web 1.0, you essentially had personal websites. | | | | those who believe that the entire internet will become |
| They were not updated all that frequently and they | | | | three dimensional. |
| essentially did not do a whole lot. With Web 2.0, | | | | There are many different ideas on how Web 3.0 will |
| blogging is the latest and greatest. Blogging is used as | | | | develop from Web 2.0. It is anyone's guess and as the |
| both a personal journal and for business purposes at | | | | internet continues to evolve, the Web of any "version" |
| the same time. Gaining more traffic and more interest | | | | will become smarter, more interactive, and easier to |
| than ever before. | | | | use with each passing year. The expansion of the |
| With Web 1.0, many webmasters relied upon page | | | | internet since inception has been huge and there is |
| views to determine traffic. Now with Web 2.0, cost | | | | ample opportunity for growth and potential. |
| per click or pay per click are doing the traffic work. | | | | |