If you guys have been online and checking up the latest updates these past couple of months, you would realize that everyone is moving onto the new so called Web 2.0. Why do they call it that? I do not know the truth behind it or who made it up. By taking a shot at it, I think it’s basically all the latest websites online running a new look, but it’s actually more difficult than it sounds. Web 2.0 is suppose to make life easier for all of us average people who blogs or uses the Internet. You gotta admit that every household has a computer now, but if not, the school or library provides it. Even kids at the age of 7 are supposedly starting to blog.
I’m not sure if you guys have heard of the Webware Top 100, but I certainly just heard about it very recently. It is basically an awards program nominating and awarding the top Web 2.0 applications for 2008. It seems like this awards program has been open for two years now (not sure of the correct duration) and it seems pretty big for some of these top guns out there. Lets get to know this event shall we?
Webware’s Background Info
After digging a bit, it seems like Webware is being worked on by few members of the CNET team. What Webware wants to bring to the people Online is the web programs that no longer needs to be downloaded physically onto the computer. You basically say that if you want to look for some online programs, you could go through this site because most of the applications are reviewed, giving more in-depth detail to anyone that wishes to read before trying.
The 2008 Categories
Because of the huge amount of Web 2.0 applications out Online, the contest is going to be more intense due to all the nominations. There are going to be 10 categories with 10 different winners in each:
- Audio: Music, podcasts, audiobooks.
- Browsing: Browsers, start pages, RSS readers, widgets, runtime engines.
- Commerce and events: Retail, auctions, travel, real estate, concerts, conferences.
- Communications: E-mail, chat, voice.
- Productivity: App suites, to-do lists, groupware.
- Publishing and photography: Blogging, content management, photo sites.
- Search and Reference: Search engines, encyclopedias, mapping.
- Social: Social networking, family sites, recommendations, online worlds, contests.
- Utility and Security: Infrastructure providers, storage, online protection.
- Video: Video storage, playback, streaming, editing, and animation.
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The Event
Nominations are over now and the voting has began to seek out the 10 winners of each category. There are 300 finalists racing to become one of the apps on Webware’s Top 100. A list of that could be found here. There’s even some big names in there that I have personally stumbled across before like Justin.tv, Joost, YouTube, Xfire, Twitter, Digg, and Delicious. Seems to me like the blogging industry is taking over now because of all the social networks available to bloggers now. Webware even mentioned that in 2007, about 1,000 of the nominations were social networks.
A Quickie
The reason I name this sub-topic a quickie is because Steven Finch over at Crenk has come up with a competition with guesses on who will become the winners of the Webware 100. Bloggin-Ads has even decided to challenge him on this event to see who will come out victorious.
Here’s a list of my guesses:
| Audio - | Browsing - |
| Commerce & Events - | Communication - |
| Productivity - | Publishing & Photography - |
| Search & Reference - | Social - |
| Utility & Security - | Video - |
Dare to join the competition? Don’t worry, I don’t know more than half of these services 
If you do want to compete, I’ll most likely throw in some prizes for the winners. Just make sure you link to this post and Steven’s. It’s just cool how all the finalists are the top Web 2.0 sites on the net and you just wonder how much trouble it was to come up with it. Start voting for the best!
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I always just thought of web 2.0 as another way of describing how the internet had become interactive where site authors and surfers can interact, whereas in the past, surfers could basically only view material and bookmark it.
Just my $.02
Dayton
I think Web 2.0 is a manifestation of how user friendly the internet world now and how it will look like in the next few years..
I heard someone saying ” I eat web 2.0 in my breakfast” , BTW nice informative post mike.
I believe that Web 2.0 refers to “second generation” communities that would depend upon their ability to share and encourage creativity and collaboration among users. Or something like that. It doesn’t have anything to do with trends in design or things like that.
Good luck to all those nominated! I have a favorite in each I guess..
Well, I’m not suprised to see Digg and Twitter here. I’m almost tired of seeing Basecamp everywhere. I just wonder how come they don’t nominate any of the new guys, like Wrike.com, for instance. Wrike is an extremely cool tool for managing projects and they’ve been present there since 2006. I hope to see them there next time. BTW, your blog is very cool too. I’ve found it recently and I’ve managed to read almost all of the posts already! Keep up the good work!
I would love to see a concise definition of “web 2.0.” It’s thrown around everywhere, but a lot of people can’t put their finger on what it means.
Hey just wanted to let you know I write about web.20 stuff too
As DayTon wrote, it’s all about interactivity and dynamic of online contents presented in front of the web audience, that’s web 2.0
What’s next??
@Dayton - I guess it can mean many different things IMO
@Joliber - I’m starting to think so too
@Shanker - Thanks!
@1 Million - No one will know what WEB 2.0 really stands for.
@Dion - I’ve actually never heard of these sites before lol.
@Flimjo - Yup.
@LiveCrunch - Great, but don’t post too much about it since no one knows what it really means.
@Navin - Interactivity is the new WEB
Wow, it’s the fullest list for web 2.0 I have ever seen, thanks for sharing with us, ur blog is fantastic, my first comment here,
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