The World Wide Web is a system of documents which people can access through the Internet. Users can view pages that might contain text, images or videos, and navigate among them. However, there are applications in these web pages which make them different. Web 1.0 refers to static web pages and information flow in one way, that is, material that users can “only read;” in contrast to Web 2.0, in which readers can contribute with the information and interact socially with the author leading to a two-way information flow.
Web 2.0 is interactive: users can share information, participate and collaborate with material and content of the page, whereas in Web 1.0 users are more “passive” and they can only view the information provided. You have an example of Web 1.0 here, and one of Web 2.0 here.
Web 1.0 started in the 60’s and it is used for designing any page created before the development of Web 2.0. Some advantages of this phenomenon are that Web 2.0 permits the free flow of information and it can be consulted from different sources, it allows people to communicate for a fraction of the cost of a phone call, and it also allows them to use the Internet according to their specific needs. However, Web 2.0 also has its disadvantages. For instance, dependence: people depend on this tool to communicate and when connection fails, they cannot communicate. Another problem is copyright: information is freely shared and people do not earn profits for the work they do. One last disadvantage is saving information in digital form without having a back up and work can be lost in a matter of seconds.
In my own experience, both Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 can be used for different purposes. Hence, I took advantage of this and created a static page on Wordpress.com (If you want to see it, click here) to have a professional website so that people know who I am and what I do professionally speaking. Besides, I work on this blog to exploit the benefits of Web 2.0, to involve my readers and create a two-way information flow.
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