Below post is a repost from an original post by Izzat:

Picking up from the previous post by Luqman, we already know the basic underlying elements behind Web 2.0. But before we go around carrying the buzz to our colleges and clients alike, do we really know why does it matters? To begin with, I’ve found this great explanation which went viral through the net about what Web 2.0 is really all about:

The Choice Has Increased

5 years ago, people use the internet to search for information. For e-mails. And the occasional news updates here and there.But over the years, the internet users have grown in numbers tremendously. So does the websites to serve them. So does the activities to indulge in.Now, they have videos to watch on YouTube, personal profiles to update on MySpace, post to publish on Blogger blogs, news to vote at Digg, forums to participate in community portals…But the time to do these things is more or less remains the same. With this in mind, their power to choose increases. They will decide what they read, how they use, and where they consume.

So Many Things To Do, Yet Not As Much Time

Time is of the essence, therefore the way they use the internet has to be revolutionized. The very basic (really, basic) understanding as a webmaster is to ask the ultimate question:

“How can your websites address the scarcity of time faced by your web users?”

A general picture has already been painted in the previous post, and in the next few upcoming posts, we shall dive deeper on how the world wide web you’re shaping can address the Web 2.0 bandwagon. Stay tuned for more insights on the Web 2.0, or subscribe to our feeds for the latest update.