The Web 2.0 Effect: The Characteristics of a Web 2.0 Website
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Maria Markella April 02, 2007
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The term web2.0 was originally presented by O'Reilly Media (a well
known media company publishing books and websites on various computer
technology topics). It's a term that refers to a new generation of
websites (social networking websites, wiki-based websites etc). These
websites take advantage of web application technologies and give web
users the ability to collaborate and share their experiences, views,
opinions and interests while they surf the web.
The web2.0 is a revolutionary phenomenon. Let's talk about the most
basic characteristics of the websites using the web2.0 concept:
- A web2.0 website should be completely interactive and dynamic with
a friendly user-interface based on the latest web2.0 technologies like
AJAX.
- Web2.0 websites should deliver web based applications to
Internet users and allowing them to make use of these applications
through a web browser.
- A web2.0 website should implement social networking
capabilities allowing users to interact with each other and create
friend lists.
- A web2.0 website should be a democratic website where users
will be able to add value by interacting with the web based
application.
- A Web2.0 websites should allow it's users to exercise various
controls over the website data and content (adding/deleting/editing
content).
The conclusion is that web2.0 websites are build on participatory
web based applications focusing basically on user experience and
collaboration.
Examples of successful web2.0 websites
Although this new Internet revolution or trend is not widespread
among web developers or Internet marketers yet, millions of users are
actually participating in such websites. Not a lot of them are aware of
the web2.0 concept but they are already an active part of it.
Here are some super-successful websites utilizing the web2.0 technologies:
- YouTube.com : The concept of YouTube is very simple. It allows
Internet users to share their favorite video files with the entire
world. YouTube gained so much popularity in such a little time.
Everyone was surprised when the giant search engine Google bought the
YouTube company for over 2 billions dollars!
- Wikipedia: The most famous online encyclopedia. It's free, it's
huge, it's quite a resource for everyone and it's updated every single
minute since anyone can edit it's contents. Which is why it became such
a popular web place.
- Social Bookmarking websites like Digg.com : These type of websites
like Digg.com offer users the ability to create friend lists and share
their favorite websites, opinions, stories etc with people all over the
globe. The popularity of these social bookmarking websites is
increasing every day, making the website owners rich!
- MySpace.com: I bet you've heard of MySpace.com. This website will
allow you to create your own profile, friend list and personal homepage
adding whatever you want on it (text, images, videos, links, etc). It
will also allow to share your profile and web page with other MySpace
users. Amazingly simple but so clever. MySpace.com is now one of the
most visited websited in the entire Internet.
What do all these websites have in common?
The web2.0 concept. These websites are active web based
applications. They all allow internet users to actively participate and
customize the way the website looks and feels, thus giving the pleasure
and impression of collaborating to the online community. The web2.0 is
so evolutionary because of it's simplicity and it will become even more
widespread among website designers and internet marketers. |