Web 2.0 Dr. Sachin Vaidya

Web 1.0 Web 1.0 ( ) is a retronym which refers to the state of the World Wide Web and any website design style used before the advent of the Web 2.0 phenomenon. Web 1.0 began with the release of the WWW to the public in 1991, and is the general term that has been created to describe the Web before the bursting of the dot-com bubble in Since 2004, Web 2.0 has been the term used to describe the current age of the Internet.

Web 2.0 The term "Web 2.0" is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user- centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site gives its users the free choice to interact or collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them.

Web 1.0 versus Web 2.0 Web 1.0 Dial-up Reading Lectures Companies Client-server HTML Home pages Advertising Services sold over the web Web 2.0 Broadband Writing Conversations Communities Peer-to-peer XML Blogs Word of mouth Web services

Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 [cont.] Web 1.0 Information Tool Top-down Professional Edited and produced Banner ads Text Static web Edited by owner of website Web 2.0 Opinion Lifestyle Bottom-up Amateur Raw Adsense Multimedia Social web Edited by anybody

Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 [cont.] Web 1.0 Owning ‘Window shopping’ ‘No freedom’ Web 2.0 Sharing ‘Breaking and entering’ ‘No privacy’

Usage of Web 2.0 Library 2.0 Social Work 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 PR 2.0 E-learning 2.0 Classroom 2.0 Publishing 2.0 Medicine 2.0 Health 2.0 Science 2.0 Travel 2.0 Government 2.0 Business 2.0

Relevant examples of Web 2.0

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Searching own computer Google Desktop search Searches own computer as easily as we search web in a browser Even if file is deleted, its cached copy [snapshot] can be found out and used. If a file is edited a number of times, old versions can be seen and retrieved. No longer supported by Google.

Online office Google docs (Merged with Google drive) It facilitates creation, storage, sharing, and online collaborating various forms of documents [like text, spreadsheet, presentation, form, drawing]. Documents from OpenOffice, LibreOffice, MS Office can be uploaded and downloaded. Useful when any computer does not have installed office software or office software is in a language not known to us. More than one person can work on any document, if permission is granted.

Online surveys Google drive After clicking ‘Create new’, choose form. Types of questions in questionnaire: text, paragraph text, multiple choice, check boxes, choose from a list, scale, grid. Questionnaire can be ed and when replied, alerts are received. Data is automatically presented in spread sheet and can be analysed by using a number of formulae.

Information alerts Google alerts They are updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on our choice of query or topic. If search term contains more than a word, put in quotation marks. We can choose the type of content, frequency, etc. We can create and manage as many alerts as required. The facility can be used to keep an eye on competitors.

Scholarly alerts Google Scholar Alerts After search, results page displays an icon ‘Create alert’. After clicking the same, we can receive scholarly alerts pertaining to our query. The service can be used for tracking citations to our publications. We can transfer our search results to our own scholar library.

Cataloguing personal library LibraryThing Cataloguing personal library books free up to 200 books. Pick up cataloguing details from Amazon, LC, and more than 700 other libraries. We can enter book details manually if not found elsewhere. We can change book cover. Statistics available.

Searching the past WayBackMachine Finding old versions of websites

Blog Short form of ‘web log’ A personal website; however, organisations also use it. Entries are in reverse chronological order, i.e. latest entries appear first. Visitors can comment. It can be used for posting text, photograph, video, audio, etc.

Website design Google sites Free website design online Software knowledge [html] not required A number of templates [formats] are available. Site search facility with Google.

Wiki A web application which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in collaboration with others. The most popular example: Wikipedia PB Works Online team collaboration in business and academics

RSS feeds Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication RSS feeds are used to get updates from a website which offers such facility. No need to check website for new content. RSS reader:

Social networking service It is a platform to build social networks or social relations among people who, for example share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections. Examples: facebook, twitter