Web 2.0 MisCONceptions 👐 Web AddiCT 🇿🇦

You get your graphic designer and tell him: “You. Go look at some web 2.0 sites and make our site look that way! NOW!”. Then you ask your programmer: “You. Do you know AJAX?” and he reply “No.” and you reply “You are FIRED!” and you hire an AJAX specialist. You tell him “No page must reload. All forms and navigation must go through AJAX calls!” ( After a couple of months you’ll fire him again because your SEO is not working 😀 ). You add a blog to your web site.

You do almost every thing right, but does that make your site a Web 2.0 site?! You go and you preach: “We’ve got a Web 2.0 site!”. Due to the current situation out there, most people will think “Damn, so THIS is Web 2.0!”. Meanwhile you are adding to the misconception of Web 2.0!

Web 2.0 is NOT about the graphics. It is NOT about the AJAX. It is NOT even about having a blog on your company web site! Web 2.0 is a concept!

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reginald says:

13 December 2006 at 19:54

what con + con(T) you do/?

hash says:

15 December 2006 at 02:33

Good points. However, I’d argue that the concept of Web 2.0 revolves around certain features and technologies used as well as an overall concept. It’s a perception argument, not just a features argument.

In other words, if I create a simple tool that allows open feedback for anyone, is that Web 2.0 just because it democratizes communication? No, I’d call that a message board. What are the features that differentiates a Web 2.0 message board from a Web 1.0 one?

So, I agree to you in general, but I’d also argue that it’s not just about democratization and that features do play a part in the makeup of Web 2.0.

christina says:

4 June 2008 at 17:31

One note: I’m on a mac and your quotes and special characters appear as a garbled mess, this post was unreadable because of it. Better to use footers and inchmarks if you don’t know the Unicode.