Introduction

Web 2.O is a category of latest internet tools and technologies built around the idea that the users who
use media, explore the internet and utilize the web should not passively absorb what is available; rather
they should be active contributor, using customize media and technology for their own purpose, as well
as those of their community

(Nadia’s part ... to understand web 2.0 you need to know what web 1.0 was)

What is WEB 2.0?

Defining exactly what is meant by web 2.0 is about as difficult as nailing a jelly to a wall however most
people agree that web 2.0 involves making new improved forms of online connection between two or
more people between two or more online services or between individual users and software
application. Identifying these three types of connection also enables us to isolate the three key aspect of
web 2.0

1. Interpersonal computing
2. Web services
3. Software as a services

1. Interpersonal computing
Interpersonal computing is about using online technology to connect people each other in social
network or business teams.

Example of these includes “Facebook” and “MySpace” for social networking, “Wikipedia”, blog creating
sites like "blogger” and video hosts including “Kaltura” and “Youtube”.

All of these sites allow anybody to add as well as to access content, to leave comment and message and
to exchange digital media including photographs and videos.

2. Web Services
Web services or component of online functionality that can be closed together like a kind of digital
lagoon in order to create an integrated online offering or Mashup .

For example many companies use the web service of a payment service provider such as “world pay” or
“Pay Pal” in order to allow them to easily take credit card payments online. This result in customer
interacting with two organizations which are automatically interlinked via a internet.

As another common example

web services are also frequently mash together to integrate a related data from one web site into
another. For example the property website “Right move” integrates local information from about “my
space” which in turn obtain its match from “Microsoft virtual earth”

3. Software as a service (SAAS)

The final key aspect of web 2.0 is software as a service or SAAS. This involves application functionality
being offer directly over the internet in turn user data and application can be access from any internet
enabled device.

For some years human Resource and project management applications have been successfully offered
over the internet by companies including “Employease” and “Clarizen”

However online replacement for personal desktop application are also available. For example “Google
Doc” is an online web processing spread sheet and presentation package available free over the
internet.

My recommendation

Need of artificially intelligent web

It seems that we have everything whatever we had wished for in web 2.0, but it is way behind when it
comes to intelligence. Perhaps a seven year old child has better analytical abilities than the present
search technologies. Keyword based searches of web 2.0 resulted in an information overload or multiple
searches are required to get desired result. So we yet need something which can be term as fairly
intelligent.