Web 2.0 Just Made Sense

Web 2.0 is an encapsulation of the idea of how the web has proliferated over time in terms of creativity, interactivity and interconnectivity. The change has resulted to high-end communication platforms; secure information systems, worldwide integration of cultures and the general functionality of the World Wide Web. The web 2.0 concept also describes how the web culture has lead to the evolution and development of a web culture with services such as social networking sites characterized by video, audio and photo sharing, chats, blogs, wikis and folksonomies.
The term web 2.0 became popular after the O’Reilly conference in the year 2004. According to O’Reilly, the term suggest to the changes that the web developers and internet users utilize the web, and does not refer to any technical updates that World Wide Web has undergone.
The origin of web 2.0 was as a result of dot.com bubble fall of 2001. This year marked as a marking point for the web with stirring new web applications and websites coming up with surprising promptness. More so, the web hubs that had live on after the down-fall of the dot-com fizz seemed to have some effects in common as far as web technology was concerned. And so, it happened that the dot-com era down-fall marked some sort of turning point for the Web, such that a term such as "Web 2.0" just made sense. The conference agreed that it did, and so the Web 2.0 was born.
Web 2.0 is characterized by more than just retrieving information. It has extended usability of the web from just hypertext pages to software applications with computing capabilities through advanced browsers. Web 2.0 users have the chance of owning and controlling the data on the internet. It also has excellent interactivity; you can interrelate with the information in your browser through embedded applications. Generally, web 2.0 is characterized by user-friendly interface, dynamic data content and collective intelligence that encourages user participation, freedom, openness and convenience.
Web 2.0 platforms have included search engines for easier finding of information, links to guide the user on important pieces of information, tags that categorizes web content, authoring tools for optimizing content over web platform , pattern marching extensions and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technologies that notifies the users any major changes in site’s content through e-mails, among others.
Web 2.0 has been embraced by various institutions, including universities, government organs, non-governmental organizations, social sites, businesses as well as individuals. The sharp development in the web has been due to wide acceptability by all these sectors.