Web technologies had matured from α-stage to β-stage, in the early years, and then progressed through versions 1.0, 1.5, and finally have reached the Web 2.0, we know and use today. Many suggest that Web 3.0 is also a legitimate version that we are entering into. The general consensus is that the semantic web is Web 3.0
Web 1.0 – The first incarnation of the web was akin to dancing bears: it is not how well they dance, but the fact that they can dance is novel enough. This version of the web, dubbed Web 1.0 after the fact, involved mostly static brochureware types of applications, which were very useful by themselves. There were few dynamic capabilities, very little context, and almost no interactivity. Moreover, the websites did not leverage the intelligence inferences from the user interactions.
Web 1.5 – Then came the Web 1.5 era of electronic commerce, with sites such as eBay and the first generation of Amazon. One could not only buy books, toys, and a whole host of other things online, but also auction any surplus.
Web 2.0 – Now the bears can waltz, or the other way around: If the bears are not waltzing, the users are not interested anymore. We need the ability to search, we need intelligent conclusions, we need interactivity, we need speed, we need rich multimedia; all characteristics of Web 2.0. Now we not only want to buy stuff, but also to read all the 1-star reviews as well as see what others who bought similar items also purchased. We want to keep a wish list, we want to set up and manage invite lists electronically, we want to meet folks who will be at the city we visit, we want to share our photos, our thoughts, our ideas, we want to have political debates, we want to keep a list of movies to watch, we want to communicate with companies about what they should make—and all online, of course. This is where the web is now; this is Web 2.0. And notice that although none of this is defined by any particular technology, a host of technologies are behind it.

A good depiction of the growth of the Internet is shown in the website http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/the-50-most-significant-moments-of-internet-history-49299033/

Web 3.0 – Technology is not static; neither is social and business progress. Web 3.0 is the next frontier that holds the age of intelligent information and the semantic web. In Web 2.0, context and meaning are still externalized in programs, servers, and protocols; the data still is pretty much anemic in terms of meaning. In the case of Web 3.0, when powered by semantic web technologies; the data will be annotated with meaning, context, and most important, the relationship with other data.

If you ask 10 people what the basic characteristics of Web 2.0 are, most probably you will get more than 10 different answers. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has a very interesting answer to the “What is Web 2.0” question, which is of course captured at this video

Here are 22 social media sites that are great for business.

1. Facebook – This site is an excellent way to become engaged with your customers
2. Twitter – Convenient and efficient way to let your fans and customers know what you’re up to.
3. LinkedIn – An extremely professional approach to social networking.
4. Digg – The most popular news submission site.
5. Technorati – This is for avid blog readers and blog owners.
6. StumbleUpon – Another news submission and voting platform that can generate traffic to your web site.
7. Reddit – Vote for news pieces and submit your own.
8. De.icio.us – A social bookmarking platform where you can store your bookmarks and make them public or private.
9. YouTube – is great for video-friendly companies.
10. Sphinn – This social news site focuses on search engine marketing and web development.
11. Wikipedia – Create your business’ page and add to other pages.
12. FriendFeed – Aggregate the feeds from all of your social networking profiles and show your activity in one place.
13. Flickr – A photo sharing social network.
14. Last.fm – Install the software and it will track all the mp3s you listen to on your computer or mp3 player.
15. WordPress – is a site where you can set up your own free blog and install widgets, as well as find blogs that interest you.
16. Plurk – is a microblogging platform that operates similar to Twitter but with a more literal timeline approach.
17. Tumblr- is a great place to start an easy, no-frills blog or to aggregate your other blogs in one place.
18. Google Friend Connect – A way for users to connect on many different web sites.
19. Ebay – Not only can you sell anything here, but you can also create your own profile and start your own blog.
20. Xing – As the site says, “Global networking for professionals.”
21. Google Bookmarks – A place to store your bookmarks.
22. Esnips – Share content on the web and join a niche group of like-minded people.

Some web designers has mysterious power that overlooked the text and advertisements on Web pages, and look directly into the structure of your design.
Paul Armstrong’s project Web Without Words began as a simple sketch CNN, but is now a real experiment. Every week you will see another popular and known website without words and images.

You can even log on to your Web site to be considered in the Web Without Words experiment.
So try and enjoy!!

Plug-in is a group of php functions that can extend the functionality present in a standard WordPress weblog. A plug-in is a .php file that can be uploaded to the “wp-content/plug-ins” directory on your server, where you have installed WordPress. Once you have uploaded the plug-in file, you should be able to “turn it on” or enable it from the “Plug-ins” page in the administration interface of your weblog. There are vast numbers of open source plug-ins available. You may have to try several plug-ins before you find the one that works for you. Generally, adding a plug-in to your blog after it is set up and running isn’t a problem, but sometimes you can run into issues. I suggest researching what you want your blog to do and finding the right plug-ins to make it happen. Take a look at wordpress Plugins SEO.
Step by step what you must to do for your wordpress seo or what is good to do!!
1. SEO Title Tag 2.3.0 click seo-title-tag232.zip
Title tags are arguably the most important of the on-page factors for search engine optimization (”SEO”). It allows you to give each post its own unique
title tag – one that is uncoupled from the title of the post. This enables you to write a title tag that’s good for the Search Engines while keeping a post title that will appeal to humans. Title Tag makes is dead-easy to optimize the title tags across your WordPress-powered blog or website. Not just your posts, not just your home page, but any and every title tag on your site!
2. Ultimate Tag Warrior click utwfin-1wp2.zip
This plug-in creates a tag cloud for your blog by enabling you to group posts together based on “tags” you include when you write your posts. Tag clouds help your SEO by creating internal links to relevant pages using good keywords.
3. Add-Meta-Tags click add-meta-tags-16.zip
This plugin adds XHTML META tags to your WordPress blog. The addition of the META tags is fully automatic , but it also includes all those features a SEO-concerned publisher would need in order to have total control over those meta tags. This add-on makes it easy for you to add meta keywords and meta descriptions to each post and page on your blog.
4. Follow URL click
By default, every link placed within the WordPress comments section is automatically no-followed. Although this makes it much easier to control spam comments, it also discourages legitimate comments on your blog. Allowing those who share good information to gain a link from your blog encourages more good comments and will likely attract links to your site.
5. WP Plugin: Contextual Related Posts click related_01.zip
This plug-in will display five contextually related post titles at the end of your post. It shows readers where they can find more information about the topic they’re already reading about. This can prompt your visitors to spend more time on your site, viewing more pages.

Visual thinking is how we use our eyes to look at a problem, see patterns and opportunities,
imagine ways to manipulate those patterns to our advantage, and show those insights to others.
A great example of using Visual Thinking are:

 

 

 

The illustrates is:

 

 

 

 

 

Guy Kawasaki has a smart momma, and that is The Art of Visual Thinking.

Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience at Google shares lessons learned about fostering creative ideas and innovation based on her experience developing highly successful Web applications at Google.

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