Are you Web 2.0 yet? Check against this list if you are not sure.

I am expecting our readers reaction to this article’s title as something like - What!! another web 2.0 article? … I don’t believe this.

I know the hype around Web 2.0 is over and how web evangelists are talking about the death of Web 2.0. But I think a lot of people are still not doing it right. So I have gathered a brief list of characteristics of Web 2.0 web sites.

Checklist of characteristics for Web 2.0 Applications -

• Internet as a platform
  Your Application is delivered entirely through a browser, or even a micro-browser that resides on a handheld device such as a PDA or mobile phone.
• Collaborative environment
  Your app act as a hub for sharing content. Your app or site is fully controlled by users i.e. Users may supply, even control, the published content.
• Social Networking
  Your app include features that connect people with common interests.
• Mashups
  Your web app site allows third-party applications to integrate both data and functions from existing ones.
• Rich media interfaces
  Your Web app uses Flash, AJAX or any other kind of Rich Media interactions. Compared to the original concept of the Web as a collection of HTML hypertext documents, user interfaces are now more dynamic and more interactive, incorporating a variety of media including audio and video streams and voice interactions.

So if you think you have Web 2.0 site, think again and check against this list.

Now after reading the article - Do you really think you have have a web 2.0 app? or if you would like to add to this list Please feel free to leave your comments at the end of article under comments section.

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