Web 1.0/2.0, definitions and explanations
- What is web 1.0 and where did the term come from?
It was technology publishers O’Reilly Media who first coined the concept of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0.
The term was coined the light of the ever changing internet and the features it holds. Web 1.0 is used to describe the core that the internet is based around. Standard internet sites that can be browsed, downloaded and viewed. Very little added features and limited interaction between user and site.
However, the movement towards interaction and user participation created the new line of websites. This was defined as Web 2.0, which is commonly found throught the World Wide Web today. These websites are known as the next generation of internet usage along with the improvements in internet speeds, which are somewhat necessary with the new innovative features used by Web 2.0 sites.
Example
A typical example of Web 2.0 is that of the website YouTube. A Web 1.0 version would be the user being able to watch a video uploaded by the administrator of the site.
Web 2.0 (and as is the case) is where users can join up with a unique username, upload their own videos, interact with other users and enjoy a site which has as much importance based on the videos themselves as they do with the community that comes with it.
From the O’Reilly website, a brainstorming identifying the differences and changes from Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
| Web 1.0 | Web 2.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| DoubleClick | –> | Google AdSense |
| Ofoto | –> | Flickr |
| Akamai | –> | BitTorrent |
| mp3.com | –> | Napster |
| Britannica Online | –> | Wikipedia |
| personal websites | –> | blogging |
| evite | –> | upcoming.org and EVDB |
| domain name speculation | –> | search engine optimization |
| page views | –> | cost per click |
| screen scraping | –> | web services |
| publishing | –> | participation |
| content management systems | –> | wikis |
| directories (taxonomy) | –> | tagging (”folksonomy”) |
| stickiness | –> | syndication |
Reference: http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
Below is a quick video of Tim O’ Reilly, [of O' Reilly Media] and his personal definition of Web 2.0:
