Web 3.0, the “official” definition.
Some folks have been asking me for the clear definition of the term Web 3.0.
- Web 3.0 is defined as the creation of high-quality content and services produced by gifted individuals using Web 2.0 technology as an enabling platform.
Web 2.0 services are now the commoditized platform, not the final product. In a world where a social network, wiki, or social bookmarking service can be built for free and in an instant, what’s next?
Web 2.0 services like digg and YouTube evolve into Web 3.0 services with an additional layer of individual excellence and focus. As an example, funnyordie.com leverages all the standard YouTube Web 2.0 feature sets like syndication and social networking, while adding a layer of talent and trust to them.
A version of digg where experts check the validity of claims, corrected errors, and restated headlines to be more accurate would be the Web 3.0 version. However, I’m not sure if the digg community will embrace that any time soon.
Wikipedia, considered a Web 1.5 service, is experiencing the start of the Web 3.0 movement by locking pages down as they reach completion, and (at least in their German version) requiring edits to flow through trusted experts.
Also of note, is what Web 3.0 leaves behind. Web 3.0 throttles the “wisdom of the crowds” from turning into the “madness of the mobs” we’ve seen all to often, by balancing it with a respect of experts. Web 3.0 leaves behind the cowardly anonymous contributors and the selfish blackhat SEOs that have polluted and diminished so many communities.
Web 3.0 is a return to what was great about media and technology before Web 2.0: recognizing talent and expertise, the ownership of ones words, and fairness. It’s time to evolve, shall we?
[ Note: Make sure you read the update on the unauthorized comments. I also added quotes around official since some folks actually thought that I had the power to lay down the official definition of what our industry will be doing over the next 10 years--really. 
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That’s the opposite of an evolution. That’s returning it back to the cesspool it came from. It’s like a baby who grows to a teenager then crawls back into his mother’s womb. It’s a disgusting compromise that spits in the face of everything technological progress is meant to stand for.
But I can see why you cowards are so afraid of democratization. Proceed with the futile propaganda, sir.
Comment by DW — September 13, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
this i think, is not the right defination. the right defination will be the one that includes what you might call as executable web. It is less than sementic web but it is execuatble web. this is web 3.0
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This is a very wick definition of Web 3.0. You can find a better one here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J132shgIiuY
Comment by Internet Entrepreneur — November 11, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
Nice.
Comment by nick — December 16, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
Jason,
I think it took a while for the real Web 3.0 definition to raise it’s head.
Now that it’s here, it’s time to understand what it really means. While the much bandied about term Semantic Web has been around for a while and has some truth to it, I propose something a bit more simple to understand.
Web 3.0 – the location-aware Web. The idea that content relevance is heightened by location.
A few things that fit this definition:
gps tagging
bar code enabled content
things that connect the real world to the Web
real time social connections with people in specific locations – ie: qik.
Not only is this a reasonable definition, it’s one that techies and non-techies will quickly come to understand without reaching for a thesaurus.
May not fit Mahalo’s current business thrust, but it could.
thoughts?
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Web 3.0 will not work with a constant technology parameter.
And social media can not accept this technology. Social media work with changing environment. Then next web 4.0 +n so forget it…
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Great article! I found another one that also makes a
good point about the web3.0:
http://www.slideshare.net/JohannesBhakfi/web30-986081
Comment by Keith — October 12, 2009 @ 6:22 am
Web 1.0 ‚ Centralised Them.
Web 2.0 ‚ Distributed Us.
Web 3.0 ‚ Decentralised Me
Comment by chesh66 — January 26, 2010 @ 2:21 pm
Good article! keep it going!
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