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The Verse - Volume 39
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Tech Tips - What exactly is Web 2.0?
In studying and/or promoting web-technology, the phrase Web 2.0 can refer to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis, and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing between users. Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use webs. (source wikipedia)
Here is a list of examples of Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 from an article by Tim O’Reilly from September of 2005 (www.oreilly.com).
| Web 1.0 |
Web 2.0 |
| DoubleClick |
Google AdSense |
| Ofoto |
Flickr |
| mp3.com |
Napster |
| Britannica Online |
Wikipedia |
| personal websites |
blogging |
| evite |
upcoming.org and EVDB |
| page views |
cost per click |
| screen scraping |
web services |
| publishing |
participation |
| content mgt. systems |
wikis |
| directories (taxonomy) |
tagging ("folksonomy") |
| stickiness |
syndication |
So what does this mean for you? Consider whether you can make use of the “collaborative” power of the web either from a personal or business perspective. As Thomas Friedman pointed out in his bestselling book The World Is Flat, we live on a connected planet. We now live in a global community. What that means for you or your business is up to you.
Check out this very interesting Web 2.0 YouTube video by:
Michael Wesch
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Kansas State University
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
Interested in “Official” Web 2.0 sites? check out:
http://www.go2web20.net/
Want more details on Web 2.0? Read everything Wikipedia has to say at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2#Defining_.22Web_2.0.22
As always, if you have questions, please call the purple guys at Versent at 816-221-3900 or email at info@purpleguys.com and "We can do IT for you."
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