Web 2.0
User-generated content era
Web 2.0 describes the evolution of the internet from static pages to interactive, user-generated platforms.
The term emerged in the mid-2000s to mark the shift toward social media, wikis, blogs, and collaborative tools—sites where users create content rather than just consume it.
Facebook and YouTube were quintessential Web 2.0 companies.
The numbering implies a version upgrade, though there was no technical break from "Web 1.0." Now largely historical, as the features it named became standard.
- wikisGroup-edited web pages
- bloggingWriting online regularly
- podcastingCreating serialized audio content
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
twitter · user-generated content · content sharing · tagging · MySpace · mashups · collaboration · communities · network · RSS feeds · meme · dot-com bubble · beta version · social networking · online community · tag · feed · syndication
- 2000s TechiPod, MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Google
- Computing Erasdigital age, vacuum tube era, information age