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What is web 2.0?

Web 1.0 was about locating information. Web 2.0 is about websites as applications. The emergence of applications like Writely that became Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Google Presentations, PrezentIt, Splashup, BackPackIT, TaDaLists, Gmail, Google Calendar, Gliffy, Mind42, etc. Here is a wonderful list of Web 2.0 applications.

Some pundits, like Nova Spivac, believe that the Web 2.0 era corresponds with the first decade of this century. The next phase is Web 3.0 or the Semantic Web - it should characterize the second decade. It is where websites begin thinking about the content that will be most relevant to each user. Here is a graph from Nova that illustrates the progression:

We are excited about the progression toward Web 3.0 because our patent pending business process enables some of that promise today! But, that is another story!

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Answered by ThoughtLava on January 10, 2008

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