Web 2.0

Web 2.0 was created in 1999 by Tim'OReily and Media Live International, it is also use to describe web sites that use technology beyond the static pages of earlier web sites.  Dale Dougherty and O'Reilly VP, noted that far from having crashed, the web was more important than ever, with new applications and sites popping up with regularity.

Here are some changes between Web 1.0 and 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

Pro's and Con's
With Web 2.0 products, users can quickly find exactly what they're looking for, they can interact with like-minded individuals and access their data at anytime. So how is that bad? This article discusses the pros and cons of the current Web 2.0 boom.