Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

Web 1.0 refers to the World Wide Web in its early stages of its change to Web 2.0. It was a time in which there were only a few content creators of web pages. However, personal web pages were common and consisted mainly of static pages hosted on ISP-run web servers, or on free web hosting services.

The second complete version of the World Wide Web is referred to as Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is mainly dependent on user generated content. This was a big evolution of the web from Web 1.0. As the web evolved, websites moved from static markup to more interactive and dynamic pages. It is the basis for social media interaction and virtual communities. Web 2.0 acts as a playground for users to share ideas, information and media in easy to use mediums like  blogs, wikis, folksonomies, video sharing sites, hosted services, Web applications, and mashups.

Web 3.0 is the latest standard of the world wide web.