What is Web2.0 exactly?

Well, let's compare it to Web1.0.

Or maybe discuss what it's not.

It might help to see all the Web2.0 sites out there.

Perhaps the Geek Overlords can shed some light.

Seriously...the Web2.0 buzz is spreading like a virus in a Cambodian chicken coop. And, my friends, that's all it is: buzz. hype. again.

Is it another bubble? Perhaps. I personally think it's great, not just that it brings me business but that it also shows the resiliency of the internet—the Web1.0 eCommerce caused a huge bubble that burst, and from the ashes has come the service-oriented web that's causing another bubble. When it bursts, what will Web3.0 bring us? There's already speculation by the marketing types.

The actuality is: it's no longer about how we can take peoples money by selling them stuff they don't need and in a method that isn't any better than walking into a store (yeah, that blast was pets.com inspired). It's all about what the web can do for people, how it can enrich their lives. Sure not all of them are free but Google, Flickr, Blogger, YouTube, MySpace, Del.icio.us...when was the last time you paid them a dime?

So, from my angle, Web2.0 is about providing a service to users and a method for turning all of this information on the web into a free market of knowledge. 

It's only fitting we give this renaissance a new version number.