WEB+2.0

web 2.0

The concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having "crashed", the web was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites popping up with surprising regularity. What's more, the companies that had survived the collapse seemed to have some things in common. Could it be that the dot-com collapse marked some kind of turning point for the web, such that a call to action such as "Web 2.0" might make sense? We agreed that it did, and so the [|Web 2.0 Conference] was born.

In the year and a half since, the term "Web 2.0" has clearly taken hold, with more than 9.5 million citations in Google. But there's still [|a huge amount of disagreement about just what Web 2.0 means], with some people decrying it as a meaningless marketing buzzword, and others accepting it as the new conventional wisdom.

In our initial brainstorming, we formulated our sense of Web 2.0 by example:
 * ~ Web 1.0 ||~  ||~ Web 2.0 ||
 * DoubleClick || --> || Google AdSense ||
 * Ofoto || --> || Flickr ||
 * Akamai || --> || BitTorrent ||
 * mp3.com || --> || Napster ||
 * Britannica Online || --> || Wikipedia ||
 * personal websites || --> || blogging ||
 * evite || --> || upcoming.org and EVDB ||
 * domain name speculation || --> || search engine optimization ||
 * page views || --> || cost per click ||
 * screen scraping || --> || web services ||
 * publishing || --> || participation ||
 * content management systems || --> || wikis ||
 * directories (taxonomy) || --> || tagging ("folksonomy") ||
 * stickiness || --> || syndication ||

Learn more about Web 2.0 at:
 ** [|Web 2.0 Expo] ** is a conference and tradeshow for everyone who cares about embracing and extending the opportunities created by Web 2.0 technologies Co-produced by O'Reilly Media and TechWeb     ** [|Web 2.0 Summit] ** is an exclusive annual event that connects the business leaders, big thinkers, and innovative technologists who are shaping the future of the Web. Co-produced by O'Reilly Media and TechWeb  media type="custom" key="7285539" SEE THIS VIDEO ABOUT WEB 2.0...FOLLOW THIS LINK : []