I love when these types of articles hit the online news portals and the news stands. A little bit of crunch in the economy and all hell breaks loose. Web 2.0 is over they say? Maybe it’s coming to an end. The media makes it sound like it’s going away and will be gone forever. Yes, once the name Web 2.0 is gone…it will be gone forever. BUT, with the disappearance of Web 2.0, brings Web 3.0 and then Web 4.0 and then Web 5.0…and so on. Along with those bring better technologies that make people’s lives easier and more enjoyable.

Obviously the web is a monster and change needs to happen on a continuous basis in order for the economy to take full advantage of the trends. Sure, technologies come…and technologies go. Web 1.0 is now gone but it didn’t take everything with it. It evolved into Web 2.0 which is a bigger and more innovative beast. The same goes for Web 3.0. The essentials of Web 2.0 will stay and Web 3.0 will create added functionality and innovation compared with Web 2.0.

Here is a comparison from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0. You can see that Web 1.0 did not go away. It’s just been revamped to create Web 2.0. All of the same technologies are currently used…but in a more innovative way.

When the economy takes a shift like this and things get a bit tight, it’s just a way to weed out the businesses that aren’t strong enough to make it through the tough times. Could you imagine if every single tech company made it big? That’s not possible…the world would be a mess. There is not enough room for every tech company to be the Google or the Microsoft or the Facebook. Down-turns in the economy let nature take it’s course. It allows natural attrition to take place and keep things in line. It’s just like the world being overpopulated with people. We don’t need a bunch of mediocre businesses trying to make their way up to the top with mediocre products and services. Down-trends in the economy actually help this. The companies who do make a difference in people’s lives like Google figure out a way to make it through these tough times. When they do make it through, they gain that much more strength within their market and they are better positioned for the next downtrend.

So Microsoft, before you publish another article in your network that says Web 2.0 is over, dig a little deeper and go a bit further to explain that, yes, the name Web 2.0 might be fading out, but only for a new and improved Web 3.0 to take over with newer, more innovative and all around better technologies.

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