A look back, how we got to Web 2.0
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Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a report “Riding the Waves of “Web 2.0” in which they try to define what Web 2.0 is by demonstrating a chronological time frame vs. Internet user’s actions.
| % Internet Users | Activity | Survey Date |
| Have Done This |  |  |
|  |  | |
| 34 | Used the internet to get photos developed or | September 2005 |
| display photos |  | |
| 30 | Rated a product, service or person using an | September 2005 |
| online rating system |  | |
| 27 | Shared files from your own computer with others | May-June 2005 |
| online |  | |
| 26 | Shared something online that you created | December 2005 |
| yourself, such as your own artwork, photos, |  | |
| stories or videos |  | |
| 18 | Taken material found online–like songs, text or | January 2005 |
| images–and remixed it into your own artistic |  | |
| creation |  | |
| 14 | Created or worked on your own webpage | December 2005 |
| 13 | Created or worked on webpages or blogs for | December 2005 |
| others, including friends, groups you belong to, or | ||
| for work |  | |
| 11 | Used online social or professional networking | September 2005 |
| sites like Friendster or LinkedIn |  | |
| 8 | Created or worked on your own online journal or | February-April 2006 |
| blog | ||
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Surveys. Margin of error ranges from ±2%
to 4% for each sample.
Another interesting point is their comparison of Geocities (remember them?) to MySpace:
- The Geocities vs. MySpace comparison not only demonstrates the commonalities between the internet of 1996 and 2006, but it also provides a point of departure for understanding concepts of online presence in the Web 2.0 era. While the Geocities model relied on the metaphors of a place (cities, neighborhoods, homepages), MySpace anchors presence through metaphors of a person (profiles, blogs, links to videos, etc.). Geocities encouraged us to create our own cities and neighborhoods as points of entry to our personal worlds; MySpace cuts to the chase and enables direct access to the person, as well as access to his or her social world. And whether we call the current world 2.0 or 10.0, there’s no question that the internet of today will look positively beta to future generations.
View the report
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