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Why Web 2.0 is better than Web 1.0?

The major difference between Web 2.0, the moniker given to the way in which people can currently navigate the information technology superhighway of the internet, and Web 1.0 is the distinction between ease and functionality. Web 1.0 is the standard internet experience, where one searches, views, reads and otherwise interacts with the internet. What Web 2.0 signifies is the first time that the Web has interacted with its users. One no longer needs to scour individual internet sources in order to receive the latest updates on ones chosen field of interest, there are now means put in place that streamline your internet experience according to your needs.

It is this kind of fundamental change to the way one accesses the internet that is the greatest asset of the concept and execution of Web 2.0. This new breed of internet reform aims to facilitate collaboration between users, so that we all use the system, and everyone's collective knowledge is pooled for the betterment of the whole. This democratisation of the internet allows users to share information with one another, and that shared information is then funnelled towards collective goals. Web 2.0 is not really a new concept, merely one that has made the internet and its associated information technology streams easier and more efficient to access, by taking new ideas and applying them to the internet experience.

Actor and commentator Stephen Fry posits that Web 2.0 is merely "an idea in people's heads rather than a reality. It’s actually an idea that the reciprocity between the user and the provider is what's emphasised. In other words, genuine interactivity, if you like, simply because people can upload as well as download."