Web 2.0 has been applauded and written off right from the inception of the term. Here are a few facts which should clear the air for beginners:
- Almost everything other than the traditional 'reading information from the Web' is regarded as a component of web 2.0. So when you comment on blog or watch youtube videos etc., it is all termed as Web 2.0.
- Web 2.0 sees the Internet as a participation platform. It encompasses all techniques which allow users to make their presence felt.
- Many people regard Web 2.0 paradigm as a technical jargon and nothing else. This includes Tim Berners-Lee who described Web 2.0 as: "Nobody really knows what it means...If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along"
This video explains Web 2.0 from scratch