Defining Web 2.0

There has been much disagreement about what actually defines Web 2.0, a term coined by O’Reilly Media in 2004. However, in the last three years something approaching a consensus on what Web 2.0 actually is has emerged. Most agree that Web 2.0 defines the internet as a platform where developers build applications uniquely tailored for the internet, rather than the internet having to adapt to suit the features of applications. Examples of this definition are wiki sites or Google Docs …