How is Web 2.0 different from Web 1.0?
Web 1.0 was revolved more around the publishing of websites by advertisers, with no assistance from consumers. It is seen as a "static" thing, like a billboard or a magazine and are only changed by whoever publishes it.
Whereas, "Web 2.0 is a revolutionary view of the Internet and the social and business uses of advanced technologies rather than the technical aspects of those technologies. The core concept of Web 2.0 is: Use Internet as a platform and leverage network effect to harness the collective intelligence in a cost-effective manner" (Sizlopedia, 2007). Web2.0 is seen as a "user-generated" or "user-shaped" device, which allows consumers to publish the content they want on a website. Famous example of "Web2.0 applications" already in use and much talke about are Flickr for photographs, Wikipedia for encyclopedia articles, Facebook for maintaining friendships, You Tube for seeing young people mugging to videocamers and Answers.com for combining elements of these with its own user-generated Q&A section. It helps to increase participation of users like blogs, e-commerce website, torrents etc, where every user gets a change to publish in a website one way or the other. Downloading programs such as Limewire, where illegal downloading of songs, TV shows, and movies allow consumers to build a centralised song database, and thus growing a network.
In the mid-1990s, the Web began with Web1.0 as a repository of information and static content. Within a couple years, a huge amount of content was dynamic, returning custom results to users. By the turn of the century, the Web became much more interactiveallowing users to play, stop, rewind and fast forward through audio and video content. Web 2.0 makes Web-based applications feel like and run as smoothly as local applications
"Sometimes called the "New Internet," Web 2.0 is not a specific technology; rather, it refers to two major paradigm shifts. The one most often touted is "user-generated content," which relates more to individuals. The second, which is equally significant, but more related to business, is "thin client computing" (Tech Web Network)
1 comment:
This is a good succinct blog Megan. Funnily enough I too have written a blog on the differences between Web 2.0 and Web 1.0. Take a look if you have time.
Overall, I thought this blog was well written and free of errors, however you could have strengthened your argument with a few more hyperlinks to other web based sources. I found O'Reilly (2005) to be particularly useful in this respect.
The article you link to, on Sizlopedia (2007) is great for illustrating the differences visually and it would have been good to see you mention the picture in your article. I have also come across an interesting quote during my research. It comes from Finch (2008) who says Web 2.0 is "about harnessing collective intelligence and eliminating the software release cycle- its about providing services, not products."
I think this description sums Web 2.0 up nicely. No longer is the Internet simply about releasing a product, its about providing a service, whether it be through open source software or social networking to name a few. The web now allows for two-way communication, and interaction between users thus harnessing the collective intelligence Finch (2008) talks about.
I think your citation from Tech Web Network, hits the nail on the head when summarising the whole issue. Indeed Web 2.0 is not a specific technology rather it is user created content when looking in an individual context, and a tool for thin client computing when looking in a business sense.
References:
Finch, C. 2008. What is Web 2.0 All about anyway? http://www.techiecrossing.com/article/index.php?id=370154 (accessed 15 May, 2008)
O'Reilly, T. 2005. What is Web 2.0? http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html?page=1 (accessed 17 April, 2008)
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