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.
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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.
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.
“Web 1.0 was American. Web 2.0 is international. Web 3.0 is Chinese.”
web 1.0 was british, actually
“Web 1.0 was American. Web 2.0 is international. Web 3.0 is Chinese.â€
web 3.0 indian lol
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.
U SUCK
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.
JohnB: Gosh, that was bitchy.
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).
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.
JohnB, thank you for pointing out my error. Your own post is an inspiration, a “stirling” [sic] example of generous and gracious discourse.
Web 1.0 was about “buying the democrat”.
Web 2.0 is about “owning the democrat”
Web 1.0 was a bubble
Web 2.0 is a Bubbl(TM) (beta)
Neal
Well at least one person (you) got it.
i woz nev3r to g0Od @ spelin.
web1.0 is charles and diana
web2.0 is abishek and aishwarya
gr8, no doubt.
web 1.0 was arun.
web 2.0 is saket.
web 1.0 was aloneless
web 2.0 is common
web 3.0 will be aloneless+common
just think how…
These all info are beeing very usefull for everyOne.
and my line is
Web 1.0 was ‘OLD’
WEB 2.0 is ‘NEW’
web 1.0 is when monkeys using tools
web 2.0 is when monkeys shows u the finger.
Web 1.0 was me pondering a response, Web 2.0 is me actually writing one.
how bout Web2.0 vs Web 3.0
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?
see this thanks
This post and its comments are so nice!
I’ll show it to my students, thanks!
great work man thx
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
i honor the debates happening here 🙂
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.
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?
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.
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.
“Web 2.0 is a marketing term, and I think you’ve just invented Web 3.0.”
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
How long do we have to wait before this web 2.0 bubbl pops?
“web 1.0 was exploration; web 2.0 is reclamation” is what i think you meant to say.
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…..
Web 2.0 is still in “beta” 🙂
Web 1.0 = user
Web 2.0 = me
Web 3.0 = they knowing everything about me
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!”
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”
Web 2.0 was Firefox
web 3.0 is Opera
great work man thx
Web 1.0=Bob saget
Web 2.0=Jeff foxworthy
Web 3.0=Dane Cook
I think now time has come to start defining Web 3.0. It’s about top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top simultaneously.
With the revolution in web culture i.e. evolution of Web 2.0, things have changed a lot . Webmasters and user interaction no longer depends on direct means of communication rather a whole new system of social interaction has evolved that includes really simple syndication (rss feeds) and also the use of social networking sites.
Very very nice and help full stuff plus comments are very help full.
Regards,
Hussain.
web 1.0 is limited usage example:Company
web 2.0 is unlimited usage example:All User
Web1.0:Charles And Diana
Web2.0:Ramanathan D And Trisha
Web 1.0 – porn
Web 2.0 – Ultra PORN!!
Web 1.0 was interesting
Web 2.0 is Boring
Awesome, welcome web 3.0
web1.0 was aleaf and web 2.0 is the entire tree
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.
web 1.0 – is a web with a personality, your own rule.
web 2.0 – a community, what were doing, posting comments, discussions etc. but design wise is boring.
i like poo
FUCK YOU, FAGGOT
well… i like pie
Nice blog.this blog has provided very good information about web 1.0 and web 2.0.generally web 2.0 is base on information sharing.
yeeah Darren thats really bitchy….!
get a life people , web 1-0 is this , web 2-0 is that , go away and lie in your own pish
Web 1.0 = Static
Web 2.0 = Dynamic
Web 3.0 = Cloud
Very very nice and help full stuff. This blog has provided very good information about web 1.0 and web 2.0.generally web 2.0. Thanks for sharing…..
how long will it take to get from
Web 1.0 to Web ∞
which I would want a preview of that
Both are good but I think all things are from past – and the prestion is only change…
thanks for the comparison
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I really enjoyed reading your post.
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Shaikh Zafar
fantastic answer
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