Web2.0


 * What is Web 2.0, anyway?**

Web 2.0 is a collaberative, interactive area of the web. (Editor's Question: is it really a version of the web or is it part of the web the web.) XXXX Pick up with XXX in addition to, not a replacement of the web we're used to, “Web 1.0”. “Web 1.0” primarily consists of static web sites created and managed by comparatively few people and relies on search engines and surfing from one website to another to entertain or obtain data.

Web 2.0 is the second-generation of Internet-based services and tools. In simplest terms, Web 2.0 is the collaborative or participatory web, easily open to changes by multiple users. Components of Web 2.0 include [|blogs], [|wikis], [|pod] and [|video casts], [|social networks], [|RSS feeds] (what feeds?), and [|folksomonies] (folk huh?).

Over 48 million Americans (about 1/6th of the US population) have posted something on the web, using Web 2.0 tools. (Wall Street Journal, Dec. 20, 2006) And it's not just limited to Americans. Blogs, wikis, pod and video casts are easy to create and use and are proliferating at an amazing rate.

These Web 2.0 components offer many opportunities for education, business, and personal use. However, as with "Web 1.0", the big challenge with Web 2.0 will be finding the quality information/community you want.

[|Web 2.0 - Wikipedia] [|What is Web 2.0?]
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