Web Marketing Strategy Update

Whilst many people are still trying to understand what Web 2.0 is, the other day I came across an interesting post, How To Define Web 3.0 by Steve Spalding at How To Split An Atom.

In it he attempts to predict the defining aspects of the next phase in the evolution of the Internet, which is being tagged Web 3.0.

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Here are a couple of excerpts:

Definition [Web 3.0]: Highly specialized information silos, moderated by a cult of personality, validated by the community, and put into context with the inclusion of meta-data through widgets.

And:

Analyzing Web 3.0 is an exercise in understanding how human beings naturally consume data. We tend to gravitate towards specialized information silos for the majority of our information. That’s why we have television stations instead of one massive GooTube, and why we buy magazines about our favorite subjects instead of white sheets containing random news articles.

Web 1.0 lacked context, Web 2.0 lacked interoperability, Web 3.0 will be a web where websites become web services and access to any information you desire is no more difficult than installing a widget onto your website.