So whats this Web 3.0 all about then?
January 5th, 2010 @ jon // No Comments
Well, let’s start with Web 2.0, a term disliked by many an online marketer, to see where everything is going with 3.0. You could argue that it ‘brought the world interactive information sharing, user-centered design and collaboration’. Software applications provider ICON believes that the next generation of the web, or “Web 3.0″ promises more recommendations, free services, intelligent (semantic) searches, and information that’s no longer random data, but tailored, highly intuitive and delivered in real time.
As we move into then new decade, there has been a renewed focus on the new developments in what could be called Web 3.0.
So what are we to look out for?
Collaboration: Slideshare.net is a great resource for anyone looking for the latest thinking on an area of interest and reading it in succinct, generally well-put-together PowerPoint slideshows that are rated and commented on by users. It lets users create, collaborate on, share and store a slidedeck on the cloud (their remote server), so they can access it anywhere in the world.
Social Media Intermediaries: There’s an ever-growing range of useful software to help consumers make sense of, filter and manage the world of Twitter, Facebook and a number of other social media and micro blogging sites. Tweetag helps search tweets for trends. It also edges toward Web 3.0 semantic search by offering up a tweetag cloud and organizing search results according to whether other Twitterers have ‘re-tweeted’ an idea. TweetDeck integrate Twitter and Facebook account feeds into once useful desktop application (also available for the iPhone).
Mobile Apps: We’ve seen the wave of iphone apps and other mobile devices being flooded by applications to tell you where you are, where you’re going and how to get there. You can even find out how much you can buy products for on the web, while your window shopping in the real world.
Maps: Google street map made news early this year with its controversial drive-by views of people’s front doors and people themselves. What were you doing when Google’s camera drove by your place?
So hopefully this helps to explain what web 3.0 is bringing to the internet.
If you have any more suggestions on how this so called ‘web 3.0’ is changing the internet then please comment below.
Category : Features & Social Media & Twitter & Web 3.0