Ok, ok, maybe there actually is something to this Web2.0 business.
A lot of the Web2.0 hype stems from the maturation of blogging, the software that helps people blog and RSS. All of these are good and bad things. Good in that there's more information available to more people today than ever before. Bad because there's more information available to more people today than ever before.
Even before the term "blog" was coined, people were publishing personal journals, ramblings and general rants on the web. It was as true ten years ago as it is now, most of this content is... well... not very interesting to most people. Maybe it's poorly written blather about why someone hasn't posted poorly written blather recently. Or maybe it's well written content on a very specialized topic that is only relevant to a small number of people. Good, bad, relevant, meaningless, it's all out there somewhere. The key to finding it is RSS.
I used to subscribe to the Los Angeles Times. I'd poke through it every day and read a sentence or two and then tossed it in the recycling bin. The fact is, my interest in polotics, world affairs, sports, gardening, real estate and used cars is pretty limited, and that's all you're going to read about in most newspapers.
My interests are elsewhere. Software programming, guns, literature, skiing, and so on. The best way to feed my desire for information is to turn to the web. But turning to the web for information is like visiting Niagra Falls for a sip of water. It's just too much. You need something like Google, Yahoo or now RSS to filter the information for you.
Will Web2.0 ever mean anything? Absolutely.
I believe Web2.0 will eventually become something even grandma can understand. Presentation will be fast and flexible (AJAX, DHTML). Content will be tightly filtered with RSS. Folks can easily take advantage of all this stuff now with sites such as Bloglines, Feedster and BloglinesFeedburner. And all of this falls under the annoying label of Web2.0.
This site is dedicated to Drupal. One of the things I wanted to provide was an aggregate feed of the most relevant Drupal news available. So using Drupal's aggregator module, I began creating the Drupal news page. You'd think that would be a simple task, but it isn't. With so many feeds, and so many feeds of feeds, and so much information available, pulling down just the right content is still very hard, and I still don't have the desired page I want. But the fact that it is even possible is something I'm very excited about.
Here's a link to the story I was going to originally write about before my ADHD kicked in: The bottom line on blogging.
I really don't know whats the benefit of WEB 2.0. Can you plz explain a bit? Or where can I get some information about WEB 2.0?
Web 2.0 is just a fancy way of describing how the web has evolved and improved over time and now offers better and more up to date services like blogs, wiki’s, social networking sites, wordpress, etc...
Well, already we've seen BlogLog being acquired. I think the Web 2.0 companies are having a field day but I do think Web 2.0 is a little bit of hype and the business model of having subscribers (but not paid subscribers) might just break the dreams in bright day light.
I was doing research on Web 2.0 and I've never really grasped the concept. I guess the "Web 2.0" likes to apply a certain feel, look to it. But other than that, it's the internet evolving, that's all.
Just wait until Web 2.5 comes out, it'll be even better. Does anyone remember Web 1.5 as I don't recall that version.
I still don't really know what does Web2.o entail.I never really grasped the concept of it.
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Web 2.0 is a bunch of crap, just stupid jargon for the new web with social bookmarking. It's all about social traffic and sharing sites and info, which I think is crap, because organic traffic is the most reliable.
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Hmmm - A phrase comes to mind about "just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there". WEB 2.0 was probably a bad choice of names but social networking has definitely taken hold and I understand didn't go in the direction experts had predicted. As I understand it was supposed to create a better place to find information easier than using search engines (search engines have a lot of advertising), but the same thing happened with social networking (WEB 2.0) advertising crept into it as well. I believe when the internet was first born the tech guys didn't expect/like advertising getting in the way then either. I think its very hard to have a place to retrieve information without advertising getting involved......
i know this is an old post, but I just had to give a succinct update as to what web 2.0 has become:
An over-hyped, meaningless term used to describe a general era in web computing, as characterized by user-to-user, and continuously updated, dynamic experiences. But mostly just fluff and hype that was initiated by O'riely, and never halted by common sense.
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I really dont know if web 2.0 will ever reach the hights it was intendet to. I just look at it this way, if one whants to market a product, are they better off using web 2.0 applications or search engines. More people are aware of search engines than they are with web 2.0
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oh, and one more thing. we are now on to web 3.0. bringing meaningless to a whole new level. when will it ever end