Web 2.0

By SS.V.Surenth Kumar S.Abubucker Siddique

Agenda

What is Web 2.0? What is difference between web1.0 and web2.0? What is RSS? What is AJAX? What is SAAS? Demos

What is Web 2.0?

It is Second generation of services available on the Web that lets people collaborate and share information online

O'Reilly Media and MediaLive International popularized the term

Google is now seen as the torch bearer of the term by the media

From a technology perspective Web 2.0 uses AJAX, Mashups and RSS predominantly

Web 2.0: Evolution Towards a Read/Write Platform:

Web 1.0(1993-2003)

Pretty much HTML pages viewed through a browser

Web 2.0(2003- beyond)

Web pages, plus a lot of other “content” shared over the web, with more interactivity; more like an application than a

“page”

“Read” Mode “Write” & Contribute

“Page” Primary Unit of content

“Post / record”

“static” State “dynamic”

Web browser Viewed through… Browsers, RSS Readers, anything

“Client Server” Architecture “Web Services”

Web Coders Content Created by…

Everyone

“geeks” Domain of… “mass amatuerization”

Web 2.0 Best Of One:(Realy Simple Syndication):

Flickr is a social network for sharing photos:

Flickr shows me photos from my network

My contacts “tags” are available to me

What is AJAX?

Ajax is not a technology in itself Shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML The term was first used by Adaptive Path only in Feb 2005 Removes the need to reload entire web page each time the user

makes a change. Increase the web page's interactivity, speed, and usability.

XML is used as the format for transferring data between the server and client. XML files may be created dynamically by some form of server-side scripting

The Ajax technique uses a combination of: XHTML and CSS, JavaScript, XMLHttpRequest /IFrame object

Blogging:

If you thought blogging was passive, free and voluntary think again

Commercial (so called) Blog sites Netscape.com (new) owned by Weblogs, Inc. Engadget.com owned by Weblogs, Inc. Myspace.com

Weblogs, Inc :

The company is owned by AOL and has more than 90 commercial blogs meaning blog sites which employ FTEs to prepare the content.

Weblogs generated US$1 Million in revenue out of Google Adsense alone in 2005.

AOL bought Weblogs, Inc in Oct 2005 for US$25 Million.

The CEO of Weblogs recently announced US$1000 per month for bloggers who submit more than 150 Stories/Items per month in any Social Bookmarking site.

Social Networking Sites

Myspace.com Fourth most popular English Website 95 million members, with 500,000 new members

each week Bought by News Corp (Rupert Murdoch) for

US$580 Million in June 2005

Orkut.com A Google Initiative

LinkedIn.com

Software as a Service

Software as a Service (Saas) is a model of software delivery where the software company provides development, hosting, maintenance, daily technical operation, and support

SaaS can be for any market segment including home consumers, small business, medium and large business

Windows Live

Windows Live is Microsoft’s version of Web 2.0 services offerings.

These will include Live Mail, Live Messenger, Live Favourites, Live Office Domains and more.

Watch out Microsoft for more to come from them…

Demos

Microsoft Live.com, Live Virtual Earth, Live Mail

Google Maps, GMail SalesForce.com Adobe Flex Examples Nike TV

Thank u!