Web 2.0 – The Latest Buzz in Internet Technology
Following is an attempt at laying bare facts about Web 2.0 that are of help not only to professionals in this field but to laymen internet users as well. Being first in this series, this article will soon be followed by informational pieces that reveal the truth about some of the other mysteries of the internet fast emerging as a result of constant innovation in the web world. Happy reading!
o Content is the focal point.
Technological Features
o Rich internet application techniques, mostly Ajax based
Latest in the world of Web 2.0
Web 2.0 now has gone global! It has expanded its wings from the cosy environs of the San Francisco Bay area to newer horizons worldwide. In the first half of 2007, the number of global deals on Web 2.0 has witnessed a rise of 14 percent. Moreover, Web 2.0 technology has increased the economic value of the web manifold.
Web 2.0 Defined
Web 2.0 is the second generation of web-based communities and services that promotes collaboration among users. Apparently, Web 2.0 looks like a new version of the W3 but in reality, Web 2.0 is an evolved way in which software developers and end-users partake of the web as a platform. Web based services such as social book-marking sites (for example, Digg, Del.icio.us and Reddit), blogs (quite becoming a rage these days!), community sites (such as Orkut, Hi5), RSS Feeds, etc. being an offshoot of Web 2.0, have transformed the way the Internet is being used today.
Web 2.0 is the second generation of web-based communities and services that promotes collaboration among users. Apparently, Web 2.0 looks like a new version of the W3 but in reality, Web 2.0 is an evolved way in which software developers and end-users partake of the web as a platform. Web based services such as social book-marking sites (for example, Digg, Del.icio.us and Reddit), blogs (quite becoming a rage these days!), community sites (such as Orkut, Hi5), RSS Feeds, etc. being an offshoot of Web 2.0, have transformed the way the Internet is being used today.
Some more pointers towards Web 2.0
o Content is the focal point.
o Users can have complete control over their data and content.
o The web interface is interactive in nature and quite user-friendly.
o The facility of social-networking is available.
Technological Features
o Rich internet application techniques, mostly Ajax based
o Micro-formats and semantically valid HTML mark-up
o Cascading style sheets that demarcate presentation from content
o ‘Folksonomies’ (in the like of Tags and Tag Clouds)
o Syndication and aggregation of data through Atom feeds or RSS
o URLs that are readable by human users
o Wiki software that provides forums for displaying user-generated content
o Content publishing through weblogs
Latest in the world of Web 2.0
Web 2.0 now has gone global! It has expanded its wings from the cosy environs of the San Francisco Bay area to newer horizons worldwide. In the first half of 2007, the number of global deals on Web 2.0 has witnessed a rise of 14 percent. Moreover, Web 2.0 technology has increased the economic value of the web manifold.
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