The Weaving of the Web

Understanding the Origin of the Web

The World Wide Web has come a long way in my lifetime, including the evolution of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. Before taking this class in which I learn so much about the Internet and about social media, I really had little to no knowledge regarding any of this. I had no idea what Web 1.0, Web 2.0 or Web 3.0 even was. To be quite honest, I am not sure that I fully understand it all yet but my understanding has grown over the past few weeks. 

So apparently web 2.0 refers to the science and evolution of the web itself. Everyone knows that right? Coding on the Internet is something that few understand and even fewer can execute. Web 2.0 goes along with Web 1.0 in the way that each one depends on the other. Without Web 1.0, there is no Web 2.0. See what I mean? Neither do I completely. According to Tim O'Reilly, Web 2.0 differs from Web 1.0 in that it is actually a technique(s) that helps the production of web page design and its execution. Web 1.0 generally refers to a page with a specific set of information featured on it that in never changed. The information on it is there to tell viewers about what it is and that information will never change. Thus we have Web 1.0. Web 2.0 then depends on this information of Web 1.0 and is simpatico with it. They are almost like money and labor. You cannot acquire money without doing labor; you can't have one without the other. 

Web 3.0 is an entirely different animal. This has showed us how far the world has come with using the Internet. Web 3.0 obviously has come out of Web 2.0 and helps to further connect people with people from merely sitting at their computers. Web 3.0 is much more complex than Web 2.0 and helps us to journey from database to database, thus making Web 3.0 an evolution of Web 2.0. This is all difficult to fully comprehend and down right near impossible to ever understand entirely. The "Semantic Web" as Tim O'Reilly says Web 3.0 is often referred to as is easier to use than Web 1.0 or Web 2.0 but at the same time is much more complex. As O'Reilly also says, person and machine are both capable of using these versions of the web, which really proves to be an example of how far the internet as a whole has come. 

The Evolution of the Web

According to http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/464-Basic-Definitions-Web-1-0-Web-2-0-Web-3-0, Web 1.0 is defined as "read only web" which is most likely the best way to describe this version of the Internet because it is not interactive in any way. This version of the web is on the Internet specifically to give information for people to read. This has also been described as a "search only" version of the Internet where people (or machines) can only search for information and not share or give information with other people. This is a very simple version of the Internet and has helped the evolution of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. 

According to https://wittycookie.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/what-are-the-major-differences-among-web-1-0-2-0-and-3-0/, Web 2.0 is the writable form of the Internet where the web actually starts to become interactive. This is how Web 2.0 differs from Web 1.0. The evolution between the two is clear, and this shows how interaction on the Internet came to be. Any sort of Wiki environment is an example of Web 2.0 in which users or machines can interact with one another. 

Web 3.0 then allows "computers to interpret information like humans" with a prime example of this being a digital video recorder. Again, Web 3.0 came from the evolution of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 

The evolution began when Web 2.0 was created which features a "user-friendly interface" as described by http://randymatusky.com/2015/04/03/web-2-0-vs-web-3-0-what-really-is-the-difference/. Another evolution is that Web 2.0 also "utilizes social networking tools to further increase the level of viewer participation. This is a prime example of how interactive the Internet became from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. Web 3.0 then featured computers transferring information "on their own." Devices exchanging data between each other proves the evolution of Internet in Web 3.0 and only begs the question, "When will Web 4.0 come to be and what will it be like?"