Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

May 29th, 2006

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Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0

Joe (one of our clients) has written a little comparative analysis of Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0:

Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing
Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities
Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer
Web 1.0 was about HTML, Web 2.0 is about XML
Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs

He has about 15 such points. Here are a couple more, off the top of my head:

Web 1.0 was about lectures, Web 2.0 is about conversation
Web 1.0 was about advertising, Web 2.0 is about word of mouth
Web 1.0 was about services sold over the web, Web 2.0 is about web services

Cross-posted from Capulet’s blog.

Comments: 100 Responses so far

Neal
May 29th, 2006
7:50 am

Here are some more. Some are more true than others:

Web 1.0 was top-down. Web 2.0 is bottom-up.

Web 1.0 was edited and produced. Web 2.0 is raw.

Web 1.0 was banner ads. Web 2.0 is Adsense.

Web 1.0 was text. Web 2.0 is video.

Web 1.0 was professional. Web 2.0 is amature.

Neal
May 29th, 2006
8:17 am

Web 1.0 was dial up. Web 2.0 is broadband.

Web 1.0 was IE. Web 2.0 is FireFox.

Web 1.0 was information. Web 2.0 is opinion.

Wait a minute, enough fun and games. Let’s get real and take off the rosy-colored glasses.

Web 1.0 was information. Web 2.0 is propaganda.

Web 1.0 was Microsoft. Web 2.0 is Google. Web 3.0 is ATT and NSA, working to protect us.

Web 1.0 was American. Web 2.0 is international. Web 3.0 is Chinese.

Web 1.0 was a tool. Web 2.0 is a lifestyle. Web 3.0 is an addiction.

Web 1.0 was a tool for the few. Web 2.0 is entertainment for the many. Web 3.0 is an opiate for the many.

Web 1.0 was the newspaper. Web 2.0 is the TV. Web 3.0 is the Matrix.

winston Reply:
May 25th, 2009 at 10:05 pm

“Web 1.0 was American. Web 2.0 is international. Web 3.0 is Chinese.”

web 1.0 was british, actually

Avikash Reply:
June 26th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

â€œWeb 1.0 was American. Web 2.0 is international. Web 3.0 is Chinese.â€

web 3.0 indian lol

Darren James Harkness
May 29th, 2006
8:32 am

Web 1.0 was content. Web 2.0 is promotional material.

Web 2.0 is Web 1.0 with shiny new packaging.

Web 1.0 inspired some interesting writing and ideas. Web 2.0 inspires some pretty interesting diatribes and criticism.

meow Reply:
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:43 am

U SUCK

JohnB
May 29th, 2006
12:23 pm

Neal:

Web 1.0 was about a professional who cared about details like spelling; Web 2.0 is about an amature [sic] who can’t spell.

darren
May 29th, 2006
1:33 pm

JohnB: Gosh, that was bitchy.

JohnB
May 29th, 2006
6:01 pm

Darren

Some days are diamonds; some days are stones.

I was originally going to suggest: Web 1.0 was didactic; Web 2.0 is diarrhea.

I softened it to Web 1.0 was discovery; Web 2.0 is drivel. But that was too flacid.

I settled on Web 1.0 was fact; Web 2.0 is facile. But that really didn’t make my point. Neal’s comment, which would never have made Web 1.0, was sufficiently facile that it stood as a stirling example of what wasn’t before but is now.

And, yes: my comments are all Web 2.0 (but at least I recognize that).

DJR
May 29th, 2006
6:57 pm

Web 1.0 was never called Web 1.0 until someone decided to slap a nice buzzy wrapper around a bunch of existing technologies in an effort to give the illusion that the dot com bust was a result of technology failure and not business failure, leading the next wave of technologists to run around patting themselves on the back convincing one another that “Web 2.0″ is their creation and that it’s revolutionary.

Neal
May 29th, 2006
7:21 pm

JohnB, thank you for pointing out my error. Your own post is an inspiration, a “stirling” [sic] example of generous and gracious discourse.

Bobby
May 30th, 2006
12:03 am

Web 1.0 was about “buying the democrat”.

Web 2.0 is about “owning the democrat”

Derek K. Miller
May 30th, 2006
9:55 am

Web 1.0 was a bubble
Web 2.0 is a Bubbl(TM) (beta)

JohnB
May 30th, 2006
1:14 pm

Neal

Well at least one person (you) got it.

Neal
May 30th, 2006
1:40 pm

i woz nev3r to g0Od @ spelin.

prabhu
April 25th, 2007
2:56 am

web1.0 is charles and diana
web2.0 is abishek and aishwarya

saket
May 21st, 2007
3:53 am

gr8, no doubt.

saket
May 21st, 2007
3:54 am

web 1.0 was arun.
web 2.0 is saket.

ole
May 25th, 2007
1:04 am

web 1.0 was aloneless
web 2.0 is common
web 3.0 will be aloneless+common

just think how…

Paul
June 15th, 2007
2:53 am

These all info are beeing very usefull for everyOne.

and my line is

Web 1.0 was ‘OLD’
WEB 2.0 is ‘NEW’

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July 23rd, 2007
6:53 pm

web 1.0 is when monkeys using tools
web 2.0 is when monkeys shows u the finger.

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October 6th, 2007
9:44 pm

Web 1.0 was me pondering a response, Web 2.0 is me actually writing one.

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iCalvyn
December 20th, 2007
8:44 pm

how bout Web2.0 vs Web 3.0

Stormchords
January 9th, 2008
1:12 am

Web 1.0 was a bubble
Web 2.0 is a Bubbl(TM) (beta)

Hahaha this is so true!

What I would like to add is:

Web 2.0 is social networking
Web 1.0 was social exploration

Why I’m saying this?
I have the impression that earlier, when there were no real networks but places like forums and communities, everyone was open to meet new people and also learn more from each other, build real relationships across the world.
Whereas now, it’s just a lot of closed networks like Facebook or MySpace where I can have 2000 friends but I actually know well only 50 of them…
And rarely do we start getting to know each other like in the old days, in a “pen pals”-like manner.

What do you think?

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March 6th, 2008
10:07 am

see this thanks

Gisele H.
March 16th, 2008
8:35 pm

This post and its comments are so nice!

I’ll show it to my students, thanks!

joseph
March 19th, 2008
6:56 pm

great work man thx

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April 26th, 2008
2:35 pm

web 1.0 was dominated by poor browsers (internet exploder cough cough!) web 2.0 is like getting kicked in the groin a thousand times by rubbish sites like myspace and bebo which are incredibly poor and deserve to be set on fire by a random guy who is like wtf and im like wtf and you are all like wtf then theres a balloon pop which scares an old lady who falls into a can of whoop ass then plays gta 4 and invents a social networking website called my (waste of) space

Conna
May 13th, 2008
12:42 pm

i honor the debates happening here :)

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brad
May 29th, 2008
12:39 am

web 1.0 was exploration; web 2.0 is exclamation
web 1.0 was a new neighborhood; web 2.0 is the know it all neighbor keeping up with the joneses.
web 1.0 was substance; web 2.0 is fashion. Substance will always remain valued, but fashion is so ugly it must be changed every half hour.

jimmyChronic
June 2nd, 2008
1:24 am

web 2.0 is about what we are doing right now, right here! with 1.0 my opinion did not matter, no1s’ did. U say its propaganda..how can that be if every1 can challenge and speak out?

Usman Khan
June 3rd, 2008
5:40 am

1- Web 1.0 is a static web.
Web 2.0 is a social web.
2. Web 1.0 is page based
Web 2.0 is record based.
3. Web 1.0 is edited by owner of the website.
Web 2.0 can be edited by any person.

Daniel
June 18th, 2008
5:57 am

Web 1.0 was Monkeys, Web 2.0 was Man, Web 3.0 Strong AI.

The web is and evolving source, forever changing and growing.

Daniel
June 18th, 2008
6:01 am

“Web 2.0 is a marketing term, and I think you’ve just invented Web 3.0.”
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google

D
July 17th, 2008
6:03 am

How long do we have to wait before this web 2.0 bubbl pops?

Anonymous
July 30th, 2008
7:27 pm

“web 1.0 was exploration; web 2.0 is reclamation” is what i think you meant to say.

Bilal
August 26th, 2008
3:26 am

web 1.0 is salma hayek.
web 2.0 is rihana.
so it’s a simple web 2.0 is a new strategy where u can creat your own links and images…..

Fabio Varesano
August 31st, 2008
9:59 am

Web 2.0 is still in “beta” :-)

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November 4th, 2008
8:02 pm

Web 1.0 was under construction
Web 2.0 is beta

Web 1.0 was “oh my god, that’s so cool!”
Web 2.0 is “OMG DAT IZ SO KEWL!!11!”

Sakster
December 18th, 2008
10:04 am

Web 1.0 was “Window Shopping”
Web 2.0 is “Breaking and entering”

Web 1.0 was “No Freedom”
Web 2.0 is “No privacy”

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January 14th, 2009
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February 3rd, 2009
11:49 pm

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February 18th, 2009
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February 25th, 2009
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Hussain
June 9th, 2009
3:09 am

Very very nice and help full stuff plus comments are very help full.
Regards,
Hussain.

Arunkumar.G
June 15th, 2009
1:57 am

web 1.0 is limited usage example:Company
web 2.0 is unlimited usage example:All User

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June 15th, 2009
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July 30th, 2009
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Web 1.0 – porn
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August 8th, 2009
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Web 1.0 was interesting
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August 11th, 2009
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September 2nd, 2009
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September 11th, 2009
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web2.0 has raised the standards of web development and thus causing a lot of impact on the workability of web development companies all across the globe.
people and clients have started to add value to the leaf (web1.0) the tree (web2.0) and the forest (still to come web3). well web2.0 has made web1.0 a little like history and old. now there are lot of free open sources to be availed by everyone in the years to come.

hope we all make a perfect shift towards establishing this.

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October 13th, 2009
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web 1.0 – is a web with a personality, your own rule.

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February 19th, 2011 at 1:40 pm

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February 24th, 2010
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April 4th, 2010
10:12 pm

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tukaram
April 11th, 2010
1:15 am

yeeah Darren thats really bitchy….!

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May 13th, 2010
11:39 am

get a life people , web 1-0 is this , web 2-0 is that , go away and lie in your own pish

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July 23rd, 2010
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Web 1.0 = Static
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September 22nd, 2010
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how long will it take to get from

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October 4th, 2010
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October 18th, 2010
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February 1st, 2011
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