What Is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 describes the current state of the internet, which has more user-generated content and usability for end-users compared to its earlier incarnation, Web 1.0. Web 2.0 generally refers to the 21st-century internet applications that have transformed the digital era in the aftermath of the dotcom bubble.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Web 2.0 describes the current state of the internet, which has more user-generated content and usability for end-users compared to its earlier incarnation, Web 1.0.
It does not refer to any specific technical upgrades to the internet; it refers to a shift in how the internet is used.
There is a higher level of information sharing and interconnectedness among participants in the new age of the internet
It allowed for the creation of applications such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, TikTok, and Wikipedia.
Web 2.0 paved the way for Web 3.0, the next generation of the web that uses many of the same technologies to approach problems differently.