by Frederick Townes
The Web 2.0 movement has arrived and things are going to be changing quickly in the months and years ahead. Site designers have already plugged into the 2.0 matrix, but will your hosting services be up to the task?
Web 2.0 and You
Web 2.0 features are zipping across cyberspace like laser-guided missiles. The 2.0 concept may be fresh; or maybe not. That debate is still in full swing at webmaster meeting places, with many digi-pundits loudly proclaiming that we’re already on to version Web 3.0 or 4.0 or 8.0. Talk about splitting hairs!
The fact is, regardless of what you call it, the web is changing at the speed of human imagination. In the good old days (pre-2004), the web was a ‘place’ where people went to do stuff. You shopped, researched arcane facts in nanoseconds and shared your thoughts in chat rooms. You logged on to perform a task. Plain, simple, understandable.
Then along comes the concept of Web 2.0 and web hosts and site owners are looking at a very different on-line dynamic. Today, people don’t just log on to passively read, buy or share. They want to be a part of it. And they are.
Think about it. In the past, a few million web sites were interactive to the extent that you could click through pages and maybe leave a comment on a chat board. But thatÃÂ
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