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Web 2.0 is the name used to the describe the second generation of the world wide web, where it moved static HTML pages to a more interactive and dynamic web experience. Web 2.0 is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online via social media, blogging and Web-based communities.

interestingly, what we today refer to as web 1.0 was called only internet that was in existence since 1991 to 1999. Experts also call it the read only era. The special features of this period were hyperlinking and bookmarking of pages in a website. As far as interaction with the users was concerned, there were only a guestbook and framesets around. Apart from these, there was no systematic and smooth flow of information and communication between the end user and the producer of the web pages. The use of HTML for sending of emails was another significant feature of this era. This was also the .com revolution period when static websites ruled the roost.

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It was at Media Live International in 1999 that O’ Reilly first conceptualized and presented the blueprint of web 2.0. It soon burst on the scene and the world was enriched with new and pathbreaking sites such as Wikipedia and also got to see new widgets and video streaming. Web 2.0 was utilized by users to publish their own content. The onset of social networking sites is also a phenomenon of web 2.0 which culminated with FaceBook, Twitter, Flickr and many more such sites.

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