In a recent article, Tim O’Reilly explained the difference between the web of the past and the evolving web of the future. Thanks in no small part to the technology used by blogs, the semantic web is having a much bigger impact on the world than the static, uninterwoven web of the past. He provided the following examples that illustrate the evolution well:
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
Even if you don’t really understand what is meant by “Web 2.0” or “the semantic web,” if you’re familiar with a few of these transitions, it should be clear that the web is becoming a whole new place.
Sure is exciting!
Waldo your political commentary is great but this hacker stuff really leaves me scratching my head.
Keep reading, TJ, one day you will know enough about this hacker stuff that you will no longer be scratching your head. :)
will do!
I like how Napster is part of Web 2.0 ha! Hilarious. No mention of AJAX either.
I was totally baffled by the Napster inclusion, too. It was totally out of the blue. Good to know it’s not just me who was puzzled by that. :)
Yeah…and I still use Evite and I’ve never heard of any of that other crap!!!
In other news, Jerry Kilgore still loves abortion.
If by Napster he means the latter-day premium service instead of the old P2P app, I can’t imagine why he wouldn’t have selected iTunes instead.
My favorite Web 2.0 description: “Web 1.0 was commerce. Web 2.0 is people.”