Welcome
Many of you will have stumbled across this site will likely have an interest in the internet and web browsing, and probably web design as well. It is likely that you will be stumbled upon the term web 2.0 at some point. Web 2.0 is one of the latest buzzwords on the Internet and is gaining a huge following, but the hell is it?
Web 2.0 is about a renaissance of the Internet, seen by many as the second phase in the development of the World Wide Web. There is no set meaning for the term "web 2.0", and it will often mean many different things to many people.
Essentially, web 2.0 changes the way we browse the web, how we receive information and content, and also how we involve ourselves in the web, with a big emphasis on a more social Internet.
The Aim of " What is Web 2.0?"
The aim of What is Web 2.0? is to write about, explore and educate on the many areas of Web 2.0.
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Podcasting
Podcasting is a term coined in 2004 that combined the words “iPod†and “broadcastingâ€. It refers to a method of distributing content online via audio, usually using RSS feeds.
Blogging
The term “blog†is short for weblog. A weblog is a form of Internet diary or journal that is publicly viewable. Anyone who writes a blog is known as a “blogger†whilst the activity of updating a blog is known as “bloggingâ€.
RSS
RSS is most commonly used to deliver content to the end user in a convenient way by subscribing to sites that provide RSS feeds. To have this content delivered to them, users must subscribe to the feed using specialised software, known as a “feed reader†or aggregator.
AJAX
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, known as AJAX, is the name given to a group of technologies that are now being brought together by web designers and developers to eliminate the start-stop-start-stop nature of web applications.
Designing with standards
One of the big Web 2.0 things is the push towards designing website using standards, the way they should be designed. This article examines standards based design.