In my previous post I talked about Web 3 and in this one,we will take a quick look at Web 2 and the Web 1.

So what is Web 2?

The web 2 is the version of the internet widely being used. It is the participative social web with focuse on reading and writing content.

It does not refer to any specific technical upgrades to the internet but a shift in how the internet is being used.

Publication of articles and comments, increasing engaged content creation and participation through the creation of accounts on different sites are all possible because of Web 2.

It gave rise to web apps,self-publishing platforms like Wazoplus, WordPress, Medium, Substack, as well as social media sites like Twitter and LinkedIn.

It is what global behemoths like Google (now under Alphabet), Facebook (now Meta), Uber, Amazon are originally built on.

Web 1

This is the first generation of the World Wide Web also referred to read-only web.

It emerged shortly after the Cold War, in 1960s, with the initial purpose of providing information sharing and featuring online content delivery.

It is primarily a one way publishing medium with minimal or no user interaction.

It began as an information place for businesses to broadcast their information and only allowed users to search for information and read it.

Conclusion

We can say Web 1 gave rise to information sharing mainly by Governments, Businesses and Cooperate bodies.

Web 2 made social interactions and content generation possible to everyone.

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