Web 1.0
“The mostly read only web” 45 millions global users (1996) forced on companies home pages, owning content, Britannica Online, HTML, portals, web forms, directories (taxonomy), Netscape, pages views, advertising.
That Geocities & Hotmail era was all about read-only content and static HTML websites. People preferred navigating the web through link directories of Yahoo! and dmoz.
Web 2.0
“The wildly read-write web” 1 billon users (2006) focused on communities, blogs, sharing content, Wikipedia, XML, RSS, web applications, tagging (“folkssonomy”) Google, cost per click, word of mouth.
This is about user-generated content and the read-write web. People are consuming as well as contributing information through blogs or sites like Flickr, YouTube, Digg, etc. The line dividing a consumer and content publisher is increasingly getting blurred in the Web 2.0 era.
Web 3.0
“The portable personal web” focused on the individual lifestream, consolidating dynamic content, the semantic web, widgets, drag & drop mashups, user behaviour (“me-onomy”), iGoogle, Netvibes, user engagement, advertainment.
This will be about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things.
Web 4.0
achieves a critical mass of participation in online networks that deliver global transparency, governance, distribution, participation, collaboration in industry, political and social networks and other key community endeavours. Web 4.0 delivers community sovereignty to channels and information. Global Web 1.0 channels were created over 100 years of mergers, acquisitions and organic growth. Global Web 3.0 online social, industry and political networks can be created within 12 months. The potential of achieving rapid economic development and industry innovation outcomes in a very short time frames is real.
Here's a sideshow to make the understanding of the concepts easier:
http://www.slideshare.net/freekbijl/web-30-explained-with-a-stamp?from=ss_embed
Sources:
http://www.marcuscake.com/key-concepts/internet-evolution
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