Web 2.0 is the second generation of web services that allow users to collaborate and share information online through social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies. It created a new way for users to design their own web pages and collaboratively submit content, rather than just viewing standalone pages requiring HTML skills. Examples of Web 2.0 include social media sites, wikis, eBay, Flickr, iTunes, instant messaging and Skype.

1. Web 2.0 Research Project

2. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is the perceived or proposed second generation of Web Based services that any user can access. Web 2.0 service example include: Social Networking Sites (Myspace) Wikis Communication Tools Foksonomies Web 2.0 emphasizes the online collaboration and sharing amoung the users that use these web facilities.

3. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 created a whole new ‘version’ of using the internet. Instead of having stand alone web pages (in which to create you needed the skill and knowledge of HTML or Web Design programs to design), in Web 2.0, we now have features to enable us to design our own pages, and collaboratively submit multiple bits of information onto our own and other uses pages. (For example) Web 2.0 has also opened up other interactive opportunities like: Ebay Flickr I-Tunes Instant messaging Skype

4. Bibliography Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2 O’Reilly - http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html