Web 2.0 examples

Facebook

With over 50 million users, comScore a market research company stated that in the month of April 2008 facebook became the leading social networking site, overtaking its main competitor MySpace. Though users are unable to personalise their individual pages. The site does allow users to connect with those they know and has a stream of attributes that allows users to upload and share an array of content, from photos to an event and video content.

Flickr

Considered to be the “first real web 2.0 breakout hit” Flicker brought a new meaning to the word tagging and to the sense of online communities and sharing. Bought by yahoo in late 2004, the site has rapidly gained serious momentum. With over seven million dynamic users.

Google docs

Launched in 2006 Google docs is a free online word, presentation and spreadsheet application, which as the name hints if offered by google. The application basically allows, for example; a word document to be created within the application itself and then allows the file to be transferred to an email or saved on the default location (google servers).

The application also allows for the document to be saved in a variety of formats, such as pdf’s, open document standard, doc and rich text format and also allows for real time collaboration as multiple users are able to access the one document.


Known primarily for its image content, the website also hosts video content and a service called “make stuff”. Where, when permission has been granted users are able to make physical content from the provided image materials. Such examples include, Photo books and large scale prints.

Twitter

Hours before news content began to flow of the recent terrorist attacks in India, members of the twitter community who happened to be in the vicinity of the area began to provide concise and somewhat accurate information to the disturbances occurring. With updates occurring at a swift rate.

Known as a micro bogging and social networking site, users of twitter have the ability to keep in touch in real time via a quick answer to one question. At current posts are limited to 140 characters. The service is commonly used co-workers, groups, family as well as friends.