Comparison between web 2.0 and web 3.0 standards

World Wide Web or WWW was first introduced in the year 1991. But, later, as the technology advanced, new versions of web standards in the form of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 came into existence. However, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 are obviously considered more advanced and easy to use when compared with Web 1.0. But, most of the people are confusing with the changes and the evolution that have taken place. This article aims to be clear out the difference between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.

S.No	Web 2.0	Web 3.0
1	“The document Web”	“The metadata Web”
2	“The social Web”	“The intelligent Web”
3	Static	Highly mobile, three-dimensional or 3D
4	Controversial	Even more controversial
5	Writable phrase of the WWW	Executable phrase of the WWW with interactive services, dynamic applications and “machine-to-machine” interaction
6	Uses the read-write web	Uses semantic web
7	Google as catalyst	Semantic Web companies as catalyst
8	Google keyword search is used to find information	Databases with metadata are used to find information
9	Uses blogs, web applications, rich media and viral media	Uses drag and drop mashups and widgets
10	Focuses on Communities	Focuses on Individuals
11	Uses online knowledge community that entails people tagging of content and its categorization	Uses content management systems along with artificial intelligence
12	Facilitates interaction between web users and sites	Interprets information like humans and wisely produce and distribute useful content customized to the requirements of users
13	Abundance of information	Control of information
14	Sharing Content	Consolidating Dynamic Content
15	The key technologies developed during this stage of the Web include are Blogs (Blogger); Wikis (Wikipedia); Social Bookmarking (del.icio.us); Social Networks (Facebook, MySpace); Instant Messaging (Yahoo!, Google Talk, AIM); Mash-ups; Auction Web sites (eBay); and Professional Networking (Linked-in, Plaxo).	The key technologies developed during this stage of the Web include are Ontologies (YAGO, DBPedia); Semantic Searching; Thesauri and Taxonomies; Personal Intelligent Digital Assistants; and ·         Knowledge Bases.