Why Web 3.0 is called the future of the internet?

Why Web 3.0 is called the future of the internet?

What is the difference between Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0?

We can describe web 3.0 as the future of the internet. In order to understand web 3.0, you need to know about web 1.0 and web 2.0.

What is Web 1.0

Web 1.0 is the 1st stage of the internet or the world wide web. Web 1.0 is a static web in web 1.0 there would be an individual content producer and also individual documents which would be accessed by the consumers. Web 1.0 can be called the first stage of the internet. During this time there were only a few content creators and a lot of consumers for the content. There wasn’t any advertisement while internet surfing during the time period of web 1.0. Web 1.0 is the read-only web there wasn’t any user interface.

Basically, web 1.0 was utilized as a library to gather a lot of information. This type of web was utilized as a personal website and the payment was done based on the viewed pages. It was composed of several directories which can be utilized by the user to gather information. So during the era of web 1.0, the major focus was to create a web and make it accessible.

Major features of Web 1.0

  • It consists of static pages
  • The content was provided from the servers file system
  • There wasn’t any advertisement or moving images on the web pages
  • Pages were created by utilizing the server sides
  • In order to align the elements on a page frames and tables were utilized

What are the Examples of web 1.0?

Yahoo and hot mail is an example of web 1.0

What is web 2.0?

In Web 2.0 we would be able to interact with the webpage and it is called a dynamic page. It is the current web that we utilize today and we would be able to comment or create a user account by this instead of just reading the contents on the page. In web 2.0, there are several online tools such as Youtube, Facebook, etc. People are utilizing all these tools to communicate with each other and they also share their experiences and thoughts through these tools.

This website is called a participative social web, basically, it is an advanced version of web 1.0 in which it has changed the design of the webpage and also how it is used.

Major features of web 2.0

  • It is composed of dynamic content which would respond to the user’s input
  • Information can be stored freely and this would allow users to categorize and recover the data
  • Communication would take place by the site owner and also by the site users through evaluation and commenting
  •  It has advanced API which will be useful for individual purposes such as software applications
  • Web can be accessed by a wider variety of audience
  • The customer or the end user won’t act as a user, instead of that, the end user would be a participant. An example of this would be posting a comment on a youtube video and sharing the information.
  • It has paved the way for mobile internet and mobile devices
  • It has good user engagement and interesting content


What are the examples of Web 2.0?

Major examples of web 2.0 would be the utilization of social media such as youtube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. All of these would allow personnel interaction and communication between the end user and the site owner.

Web 3.0

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What is web 3.0?

In the web 3.0, it is trying to implement artificial intelligence on the web. So web 3.0 can be described as the advanced version of web 2.0. We can say that web 3.0 is the combination of web 2.0 and the schematic web. The major advantage of this is that humans and machines would be able to access the information which is stored on the web. Web 2.0 is user-generated and customer-focused content and also a lot of information would be shared. Web 3.0 is the intelligent internet we would get a lot of results based on the search and also the results would be personalized.

 How does Web 3.0 work?

We can say that the data web has paved the way for web 3.0 and the data is transmitted through the internet in a certain format such as XML, RDF, etc. The recent growth of SPARQL technology allows for a standardized language and API for searching across network databases. Due to the schematic web machines can also perform a lot better, and they can also gain a lot of knowledge.

The “Data Web” enables a new level of data integration and application interoperability, making data as accessible and linkable as web pages. The “Data Web” is the first step towards the complete Semantic Web. In the “Data Web” phase, the goal is primarily to make structured data accessible using RDF.

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How Web 3.0 would benefit the business sector?

In web 3.0 the web browsing would be done in 3D, web 2.0 was focused on the social side but web 3.0 would benefit lots of business sectors. Web 3.0 can be useful to do network computing in which software would be utilized as a service and cloud computing too.

  • Marketing can be easily done by utilizing AI and metaverse
  • Data manipulation can be done by utilizing the smart program in web 3.0
  • Consumers can determine how many personal details they want to share with the company and this would give a lot of privacy
  •  Utilization of 3D
  • Computers can be utilized to do a lot of work
  • Data security is an important feature of web 3.0 and this would be good for business
  • No need for expensive servers and data centers, information can be easily run on computer networks
  • Computers would be capable to do our work
  • Websites can be utilized for web services
  • Contents would be filtered according to our requirement
  • Data can be easily organized
  • Customer interaction can be easily done and this would benefit the business

What is the major difference between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0?

Web 3.0 is the newest version of the internet it has added something more to the way the information is generated. It has the function of improving the way the information is found, which can improve the performance of content processing making the machines able to filter the information. The web pages are not just for people to read, but also for machines.

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