Search changes with Google Instant. Matt Cutts explains. Becoming More Accessible on Social Networking and Social Media - Kikolani. Web x.0 and beyond. What is Web 3.0? Semantic Web & other Web 3.0 Concepts Explained in Plain English. Web 3.0 will be about semantic web, personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things.
This slide neatly sums up the main differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. Web 1.0 – That Geocities & Hotmail era was all about read-only content and static HTML websites. People preferred navigating the web through link directories of Yahoo! And dmoz. Web 2.0 – This is about user-generated content and the read-write web. Web 3.0 – This will be about semantic web (or the meaning of data), personalization (e.g. iGoogle), intelligent search and behavioral advertising among other things. If that sounds confusing, check out some of these excellent presentations that help you understand Web 3.0 in simple English. Web 3.0 - Tomorrow's Web, Today.