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Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is one of the best technology advances of recent times. The conception of “Web 2.0” commence with a conference. The brainstorming session took place between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. After the year 2001 it was thought that the Internet bubble will be burst. The year 2001 became the turning point of the internet world. Many thought that after the year 2001, the internet world and websites will lose their significance. But to the surprise of most men, it was found that the websites and the internet world became all the more important. The companies which survived the collapse of the dotcom crash had something in common. All these companies seemed to share a certain commonness. Many agreed that the companies had some specific things in common. Thus the Web 2.0 conference commenced.
The conference between Tim O'Reilly VP, and web pioneer Dale Dougherty took place in the year 2004. The conception of Web 2.0 came up in that conference.

There is huge disagreement over the definition of Web 2.0. Some considers Web 2.0 as a new established wisdom. But others totally disagree with it. According to some people it is simply a marketing term. It do not have much meaning.

The meaning of Web 2.0 can be established by few examples. The examples include wikis, Wikipedia, Flickr, BitTorrent, blogging, Google AdSense, Napster, search engine optimization, tagging, cost per click, upcoming.org and EVDB,  web services and others. Many people may question about the difference between Web 2.0 and Web 1.0. The question is very difficult to answer and many companies use the term Web 2.0 as its marketing tool. They sometimes do not have the requisite knowledge about this technology. Some of the applications which have been identified as Web 2.0 are BitTorrent and Napster. But it has to be kept in mind that these are not actual web applications.

The term, Web 2.0 indicates a new adaptation of the World Wide Web. However, it does not mention to an update to any technical specifications. It only mentions about the changes in the ways of software developers and website users.

According to Tim O' Reilly, Web 2.0, is a business revolution in the website business. This revolution is caused by internet which acts as the platform. O' Reilly feels that the strength of Web 2.0 is its ability to connect with the global audience. This technology is an attempt to understand the rules and regulations of the new platform.

The idea of Web 2.0 is related to the transition of websites from isolated management system to interconnected computing platform or framework. This technology also include several social elements which help the users to distribute and generate content. It also helps the users to share and re-use without much obligation. They can freely share and re-use contents of the web. This will help to increase the profitable value of the web. The economic value will rise as more and more people will be online.

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