Web tools are web applications that allow users to easily create and modify website content without advanced technical skills. They provide interfaces for adding text, images, video, and audio, and storing web content. Examples of early web tools include wikis, blogs, social media, and podcasting (Web 2.0 tools), which improved on static and non-interactive Web 1.0 tools. The document discusses definitions of web tools and their evolution from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0.