Web 2.0 Hype In Internet World

Hello Friends, Now this Web 2.0 is like Internet Boom that we had back in 90's. So What is Web 2.0? We AOL, is a major player in this area now competing with Internet giants like Google, Yahoo and MSN. If you want to watch one of the site I am hosting is www.truveo.com this is Video search and we are number one so far beating all others in this verticals.

So, coming back to Web 2.0. More than just the latest technology buzzword, it's a transformative force that's propelling companies across all industries towards a new way of doing business characterized by user participation, openness, and network effects.

Here are the basic examples that was provided by O'Reilly.

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) -http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.photo.gif
Add Image-> tagging ("folksonomy")
stickiness --> syndication

Few, pictures (Not mine though). I have source in the picture itself.