Web 2.0: Examples

As mentioned in the earlier post that details the meaning of Web 2.0, it is important to note that Web 2.0 (as stated in the post by Robin Good and Kevin C. Borgia on http://www.masternewmedia.org/web_2/web_2_examples/web2_examples_of_services_and_applications_20051006.htm) "is NOT a specific software or some registered trademark of Microsoft or Google, but a buzz word describing a collection of approaches to using the net in new and very innovative ways".

Since Web 2.0 refers to technologies that allow data to b

ecome independent of the person who produced it or the site it originated on. It can also let users receive information from a range of sites at the same time and deliver it on their own site to achieve a new purpose. It isn't a platform for stealing the work of others or pirating information for personal gain but instead Web 2.0 is a product of the open-source; sharing elements that the internet was founded on.

This helps us understand the examples of Web 2.0.

A great diagram listing examples of Web 2.0 can be seen below as well as well as Web 1.0 examples and its transition between the two. Sourced from Tim O'Reilly in his article 'What Web 2.0 is' (http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html)

Specific examples include sites such as www.youtube.com, www.ebay.com and goggle maps.