Sunday 13 February 2011

Web 2.0.

Web 2.0 can be defined as a new 'wave' of websites that are designed far more with the user in mind, The users are farmore inergrated into the running of the website. User can now add t he websites or share their views on it. They have become 'Procumers'.

There are several examples of websites wit the new 2.0 style. One of these is 'Digg'. Digg is a website that hosts many of what the user considers he bet news stories and articles across the web. The way in which the user orreader is involved is a simple idea. There is a link under certain pieces of the internet which you can click. Thi is known as a 'Digg', possibly referencing to whether you "dig" the story or not.


This is Firebox.com. Under it's products it has a variety of options to share this page, including Digg, this is the main example of sharing on Digg.

The next example is arguably the most popular Web 2.0. designand it's Facebook. Almost all of the content is user generated. The only parts that aren't is the advertisments. Which interetingly are also tailored to the users internet and Facebook viewing habits.

Facebook allows the user to share videos that they themselves have made, or that they have found on such other websites as YouTube. They can share news articles, products (as above the firebox product) but they can also comment on statuses and pictures that people have uploaded. They created within themselves their own online community. Some more examples of Web 2.0:




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