How does Web 2.0 differ from Web 1.0?

Web 2.0 and 1.0 are very vague, open-ended ideas about what kinds of things modern web sites can do. Usually the emphasis is placed on collaboration, community and communication. Facebook and MySpace are usually held up as very successful examples of a Web 2.0 model. There is nothing hard or specific about what makes Web 2.0 or 1.0 - it's kind of like saying something "is SO 1980." There is no specific criteria for determining this; it's just a label that describes a collection of styles, ideas, and philosophies.





Sometimes you may hear that Web 2.0 is Ajax, or Web Services, or big fonts and certain color palettes. Those aren't really Web 2.0 in the correct sense - we only see these things widely used on Web 2.0 sites because they are popular design elements, and Web 2.0 sites are very contemporary and recently designed - obviously they will use the latest trends.

How does Web 2.0 differ from Web 1.0?
Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing


Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities


Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer


Web 1.0 was about HTML, Web 2.0 is about XML


Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs


Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS


Web 1.0 was about taxonomy, Web 2.0 is about tags


Web 1.0 was about wires, Web 2.0 is about wireless


Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is about sharing


Web 1.0 was about IPOs, Web 2.0 is about trade sales


Web 1.0 was about Netscape, Web 2.0 is about Google


Web 1.0 was about web forms, Web 2.0 is about web applications


Web 1.0 was about screen scraping, Web 2.0 is about APIs


Web 1.0 was about dialup, Web 2.0 is about broadband


Web 1.0 was about hardware costs, Web 2.0 is about bandwidth costs
Reply:In my opinion, Web2.0 not stand for just funny words like xml and ajax. The most important is the semantica. Download what are you need, but never more.


Web 2.0 show you how you can use dynamic and fast webpage.


The contents of Web 1.0 were static and boring.
Reply:Hey I got one article on one of the blog.....





http://www.a2zeducation.com/blog/web20-i...





you can read it here.....
Reply:Like many buzzwords, it depends on how you interpret it.





Generally it refers to websites based around community created content, such as this one.





http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/... has a more detailed answer from the people who coined the phrase.
Reply:Web 2.0 is more a way of thinking than something anyone can put their finger on. There are some "Web 2.0-ish" design looks, but mostly Web 2.0 sites are more interactive, more customizable, more user friendly places to be. Think MySpace.
Reply:Web 2.0 is a marketing term only. If someone is self-applying it, then it is purely to delineate their audience and to create investor interest.
Reply:Web 2.0 is just something the papers made up!