This slide neatly sums up the main differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.
Web 1.0 – That Geocities & Hotmail era was all about read-only content and static HTML websites. People preferred navigating the web through link directories of Yahoo! and dmoz.
Web 2.0 – This is about user-generated content and the read-write web. People are consuming as well as contributing information through blogs or sites like Flickr, YouTube, Digg, etc. The line dividing a consumer and content publisher is increasingly getting blurred in the Web 2.0 era.
Web 3.0 – This will be about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things.
If that sounds confusing, check out some of these excellent presentations that help you understand Web 3.0 in simple English. Each takes a different approach to explain Web 3.0 and the last presentation uses an example of a "postage stamp" to explain the "semantic web".
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/
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Reader Comments
Neither Web 2.0,nor this upcoming Web 2.0 is going to rule,as long as we programmers do it on our way. Hardly anyone cares it now.
Written by Soumendra Jena on 05.31.09
Thanks for sharing this great list of presentations on Web 3.0… good to get a range of views from different people to bring together a better understanding…
Written by Travis Pittman on 06.02.09
Thank you for the videos. I haven’t watched them all yet, but I now have a better understanding of web 3.0 because of the two that I have watched.
I’m not a programmer or web developer so this information is difficult for me to grasp, but I do understand that the marketing potential of this will be huge. I have tons of ideas how we can utilize web 3.0 to our advantage. If anyone is interested in brainstorming some concepts I’d be happy to take part! You can also find me on twine.com
Written by Bill St.Pierre on 06.06.09
Thank you for the videos, very interesting. Actually one of the main goals of Web 3.0 is the personalization so if we find ways to do that then that will be Web 3.0 as well, and it means not only Semantic Web. On the one hand, I think next generation of advanced search engines based on user profiles and uses and on the other hand, more virtual and 3D environments, that similarly are being developed, should be considered Web 3.0 too and even things that we haven’t seen yet.
Written by Miguel A. Maye on 06.09.09