What is Web 2.0?

"The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways." 1

The term Web 2.0 is used to describe the new experience of the web that is based on interaction between users. The web is no longer simply an infomation disemination tool, it now allows users to add to mankind's collective knowledge through blogs, Wikipedia, sites such as Myspace and Facebook and Flickr.

1 MacManus and Porter. http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_2_for_designers/