We often get questions about the various stages of the Internet's evolutions. Well, I did a little research and found some information about the maturity stages of the web. Enjoy...
The first generation, more than a decade ago, was just flat web pages that displayed information. In fact, there are still scores of these one dimensional sites alive and well on the Internet today.
The second generation added the ability to complete transactions online, especially buying and selling. That was the dotcom boom. (Which led to the dotcom bust, but we won't go into that now.)
The third generation is the one usually called Web 2.0, and it includes blogs, wikis, Facebook, and other social-networking sites. It’s the social web; the era of user-generated content. In Web 2.0, the power has shifted from site owners to site users.
The problem with the social web: It doesn’t generate a lot of wealth. By comparison, the dotcom web generated a great deal of wealth. But there really aren’t a lot of Web 2.0 millionaires.
Moreover, many social websites just aren’t useful. Or, they haven’t demonstrated their usefulness just yet. Marketers are trying to tap into the power of Web 2.0, but success is hard to measure.
Stay tuned for the next stage of web evolution...
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