Web 2.0

Web2.0 

Web2.0 gets many different definitions since it appear at the first time in 2004. Web 2.0 extents web 1.0, but it does not refers to any update on web 1.0 .It refer to the new generation of the internet services. The term web 2.0 appears on different phrases such as Andrew Mcafee’s Enterprise 2.0 which he defined it as “the emerging use of web 2.0 technologies like blogs and wikis within the intranet “.

Web2.0 techniques: 

Web2.0 used many techniques that allow users not just dumping information to the net but also allow them to connect with other people to know their opinions on what is published, there are many techniques associated with web 2.0 such as wiki, RSS(Really Simple Syndication, a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content, such as blog entries or news headlines, in a standardized format), AJAX(Asynchronous Java Script, a technique to retrieve data from web servers asynchronously, allowing the update of web content without interfering with the display and behavior of the whole page), weblogs ,web services, like SOAP ,XML-RPC, Rest, adobe flash(a popular method for adding animation, interactivity, and audio/video streams to web pages). These techniques provide the user with new mechanisms of finding and locating information about services or produces.

O’Reily was the first guy who talks about web 2.0 on 2004, on a lecture to express the concept of new generation of the global network. He always defines his goal by saying “our goal is changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators “.

Web 2.0 not just changing the way of publishing information on the internet, it also change the philosophy of the web companies and web develops. It change the philosophy of the whole society “people and internet”.

Web 2.0 is a platform where the content and the application are continuously accessed and modified by all users in a collaborate fashion. This platform supports the different social media application.