One of the buzzwords in the web development world is “Web 2.0″; a rather nebulous term coined in 2004 used to describe the “second generation” of websites.

The first generation of websites (retrospectively dubbed “Web 1.0″) were based on the idea of a fairly static website being seen by many visitors- not much different to an online version of an existing shop, magazine, newspaper etc., but existing in “cyberspace”, and without the overheads that go along with the “traditional” businesses.

Exactly what “Web 2.0″ means varies depending on who you talk to. (more…)

May 8th, 2007 | Web Content, WWW | 1 comment