What is Web 2.0?
To be honest even after some research and reading I was still completely lost about it. There were two reasons for this; firstly there is no single definite, definition to define the term Web 2.0. Even now the idea of an ideal answer for the question "What is Web 2.0?" is still a blurred one. Secondly the idea Web 2.0 itself is so overwhelmingly large and yet branches off expanding to even further regions of the cyberspace was simply too much for me to get my head around. For now this is how I would describe Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 changed two things about the internet (World Wide Web):
(1) It allowed interaction between users via cyberspace
(2) It maximized its’ ability to gather data and dramatically increased its library of information.
Before Web 2.0 there was Web 1.0, Web 1.0 didn’t create much interaction between the users and also limited the information output. The reason being, for something like 1 sender there were 1000 receivers (1:1000). This meant information available came from only one person. With Web 2.0 the ratio is now more like 999:1000. It allowed every and any user to input their own thoughts and knowledge into the World Wide Web database allowing information/view exchange and ultimately creating interaction between users. The increase in data flow means that the information available now is almost 1000 times more than before.
Web 2.0 changed two things about the internet (World Wide Web):
(1) It allowed interaction between users via cyberspace
(2) It maximized its’ ability to gather data and dramatically increased its library of information.
Before Web 2.0 there was Web 1.0, Web 1.0 didn’t create much interaction between the users and also limited the information output. The reason being, for something like 1 sender there were 1000 receivers (1:1000). This meant information available came from only one person. With Web 2.0 the ratio is now more like 999:1000. It allowed every and any user to input their own thoughts and knowledge into the World Wide Web database allowing information/view exchange and ultimately creating interaction between users. The increase in data flow means that the information available now is almost 1000 times more than before.
Summarized the internet of now IS Web 2.0.
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