This article I have posted from www.AdAge.com should help you to understand what Web 2.0 is all about! This is very important information that you need to know if you want to succeed on the internet into the future...
Trying to Define Web 2.0
Web 1.0 Is So Last Year; Interaction, Multimedia Push Internet Forward - By BETH SNYDER BULIK
Published: July 10, 2006YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Maybe the ultimate insult in the online world today is to be described as a Web 1.0 company. The so-called second wave of the internet revolution is all about Web 2.0. Sporting names such as Webaroo, Flickr, Trulia and Ning, the current crop of websites labeled Web 2.0 claim next-generation status.
While there is much debate-mostly within tech circles-there are a few things most pundits agree on. Web 2.0 companies are interactive. They invite consumer-generated comments and content, unlike Web 1.0 companies, which publish mostly read-only content.
"The trends that are captured by the concept of Web 2.0 are extremely valuable, like user participation and social media," said Greg Sterling, analyst with Sterling Market Intelligence. "[But] the term is not meaningful to the consumer at all. Where Web 2.0 has meaning is in the venture-capital community, because it's a buzzword. And also, in the insider world of the net, people know it conveys a sort of sense of cool or forward-looking company."
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