Does anyone know any 'Web 2.0' directories? I see, the term 'Web 2.0' is pretty banal these days but probably these kind of directories get more attention than old-school directories. I recently found feedmyapp.com. The fact that about 1,500 people signed up for their RSS-feed is quite remarkable, I think. Compare that figure to the number of people having signed-up for the Yahoo directory feed... What do you think?
I think web 2.0 is more of a design thing, functionality-wise I suppose using ajax would be considered web 2.0'ish. I think web 2.0 should be considered any directory offering more than listings only.
Uh... I meant: do you think a directory dedicated to 'Web 2.0' will get you more traffic -- if any -- than a regular directory?
I personally dont try to understand or keep up with these Web 2.0, Web 3.0, Semantics.... Not through ignorance but its distracting and time consuming and i cant see where half of these things fit into a running a site half of the time. They just seem like time consuming distractions for the sake of something to talk about in newsletters that i receive daily.
Pipes: I totally agree with you on semantics. Though I wonder, whether all the hype and buzz could do us any good. I mean, if all the people freak out when they hear 'web two-oh' don't we need to be listed in a directory dedicated to 'web 2.0' apps or on a related news site? Could all the hype probably generate some extra traffic?
Hi bonzay, i see and agree with your points that it could maybe work in your favour, you have what all the people are freaking out about and they come flooding. But on a negative it could maybe go wrong as in the whole kafuffle with PR, people got accused of using it in particular ways, if anyone does that with anything else, even something that isn't under googles trademarks, they may still be treated the same way after a while by the search engines. Maybe what starts off as just a Term for something ends up becomming a tool for promotion and from there it all goes awkward again.
Does anyone have a link that could explain to me exactly what web 2.0 or 3.0 or whatever is? I have tried looking up more information on those terms, but the results are always just fluff that talk about how it is the next great thing without explaining it.
I might be very wrong Web 1 : Focused on the back end development / programming etc. Web 2: Focused on front end / screen display layout etc / user interface Web 3. Revisits # 1. where they will work in the back end programming etc.
web2.0 design and web2.0 in general are two different things. which one do you guys want to know about?
Yeah Serg is right. In general, web 2.0 brings in the community aspect, allows more taking part, better user interface. Facebook, blogs, forums, portals are all good examples. In design terms, web 2.0 brings in better standards. Nice buttons, rollovers, nice more user friendly text with good navigation, page layout and fonts. I would say dmoz is web 1.0, facebook web 2.0 if you want examples. Perhaps others can give better examples to those who want to know.
I Think downunder has it spot on, I would add that web 2.0 seems to be about very high production values, such as extremely advance graphics capabilities Some people are now adding community involvement into the web 2.0 definition, but that would mean that dp is web 2.0, is it ? I don't quite agree
Mate i am already up to web 5 with my pentium 745/2update#7 processor , and can teleport myself to the cot for kip, Zap I'm gone Goodnight all.
Hehe, interesting question, worth thinking. If you really want to set a solid border DP is not web2.0 but than again it is. Treads that have most responses go on top after every response and stick there as long as they are hot. Digg has very same system, just applied to articles with maybe more interesting and easy to use way of rating content by users. To say "I have a web 2.0 site" is same like to say I have a "pr x directory" these days-means nothing until you look at the site. For me, as a buzz word, web 2.0 is so yesterday.
Plus its another one of those things where you ask yourself "does the avergage person know what these thngs mean"? Do they care? other webmasters may care but there again your appealing mostly to the webmaster. Give me visitors and an income any day over a pat on the back by fellow webmasters. The well done mate, nice job there, fancy feature, lasts for about 5mins.