Elements of Web 2.0

Elements of Web 2.0

Blogs: Blog is a term that is derived from the blending of the two words ‘web’ and ‘log’....Blog. Fairly early in the history of the World Wide Web people could build personal web pages. It is true that not many people did build personal web pages but it was, nonetheless, possible.

Then along came technology. Blogging software was developed. Now those who had personal websites could not only post about themselves, but they could allow their visitors to comment on what had been posted or ask questions. It was a huge advancement over the static web page.

Social Bookmarking: Social bookmarking is more or less a by-product of blogging but it is based on the same basic technology. Social bookmarking sites such as Delicious, allow their users to upload their own favorite site bookmarks so that everybody else in the world can see and use those bookmarks.

There are a great many social bookmarking sites on the Internet now and new software is being developed all the time that makes these sites more and more productive as advertising tools and traffic driving tools.

Wiki: In short, Wiki technology allows editing and posting of material by subject and specific topic on a website. The best example of Wiki technology is action on the Internet is Wikipedia.

In the old Web 1.0 way to doing things the owner of a website had full control over all material that was posted to the website and only website owners could edit material posted on the website.  Web 2.0 and Wikis allow visitors to contribute to your site.

RSS Feed: The acronym RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and is yet another Web 2.0 feature that allows the web to be driven by people. Those who use RSS content use reader or aggregator technology to provide feeds, and users subscribe to these feeds.

Essentially, the reader or aggregator then checks the user’s website and when the site has new content, it is picked up and sent to the user.

Podcasts or Webcasts: As broadband internet connect connections and wireless networks become more and more common throughout the entire world, the podcast or webcast is gaining in popularity.

While many people do still prefer to read, others are better at looking and listening to information.  This has made podcasts or webcasts a popular web 2.0 technology.  Some blog owners are making use of this technology to sell products and to promote their websites in record numbers.