Things are changing rapidly online and Web 2.0 (and web 3.0, in the coming months) is the buzz word for what this change is all about. With the explosion of Youtube and Myspace being the fore runners of what is happening. Javacatz understand these changes and will implement them within your sites. To get a good overview of Web 2.0 there is a map to help you understand what web 2.0 includes. Not all aspects of this map will be needed but we will help you determine which ones would be appropriate for your business and help you implement them. In a nutshell, static sites are not performing. Visitors to your sites want more, including audio and video, polls, forums, bookmarking and more.

But what is Web 2.0? Wikipedia defines it this way. Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a perceived or proposed second generation of Internet-based services—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools—that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users. O'Reilly Media, in collaboration with MediaLive International, used the phrase as a title for a series of conferences, and since 2004 some technicians and marketers have adopted the phrase. Its exact meaning remains open to debate, and some experts, notably Tim Berners Lee, have questioned whether the term has meaning.

So it is a word from a conference that IT Proffesional liked and starting using. Here is our understanding of web 2.0. It is the next generation of websites that increase the stickyness of a website by enhancing the visitors involvement on and within your site.

The foundations of Web 2.0 include technologies such as XML programming language, and a web development application using JavaScript called Ajax. These technologies give the user the opportunity to interact with your website. There is no real defined way to do this, although there are some very good Web 2.0 Sites out there.

Download a copy of Web 2.0 Map . This will show you different features of Web 2.0 and ideas that you can incorporate into your site.
Let this map be your guide to putting enhancements into your site to insure you will have visitors coming back to your site in droves