Web World

World Wide Web is changing fast. Gone are the days when you only logged in to get information and there were whole lot of sites dishing out information in a confusing manner to you. You were given lot of options and you had to think which one was right for you. Sometimes you were lost in the whirlpool of information and sometimes you failed to get what you wanted. This was the world of Web 1.0.

Then the web industry saw a great change. Now information was offered in much simplified manner. You were given the option not only to collect information but also to do your bit. You could share with others what you thought, you could add on information and you could also sustain some sites with your content, images and videos. This is what Web 2.0 is all about.

It doesn't only give you information but also offers you the platform to share your views, add comments and many more things. Blogs, discussion forums, social networking sites and book marking sites contribute a lot to the success of a website. If you are discussed more it means you are going to be there higher up in the traffic rankings in the search engines.Change is an integral part of life and yes web as well.

Now we all are waiting for Web 3.0 where we are not only going to read and write but also execute as explained by Tim Burner Lee, the director of W3C. We are waiting in anticipation for Semantic Web where data will be collated in one place and would be linked by relations. Where data will be understood by machines and it will save our time in searching for information. Many things need to be done in this regard but efforts have already started thus we have Twine, a social networking forum and Semantic web powered search engines like Hakia and Powerset. Though the Semantic Web is in a nascent stage now but if it comes in a big way , there is going to be a total revolution in what the web is now. Further there are many other web trends which are being discussed by experts like artificial intelligence, Web OS and Virtual World. All in all we have whole lot of surprises in store for us in the web,how ,much beneficial it will be for us , we just need to wait and watch.