The development of the internet

Web 1.0 :
Web 1.0 stands for the first stage of the world wide web which linked webpages and hyperlinks. The beginning of hyperlinks between webpages was the release of the WWW to the public in 1993. Personal web pages were common in web 1.0, these were mainly static pages that were hosted on free hosting services such as Geocities.
Web 1.0 design elements :

• Static pages instead of dynamic user-generated content.
• The use of table to position and align elements on a page.
• Online guestbooks
• HTML forms sent via email. A user would fill in a form, and upon clicking submit their email client would attempt to send an email containing the form's details.

Web 2.0 :
Web 2.0 is a web application that facilitates information sharing,  interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the world wide web. A web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaberate with each other in a social media dialogue. Web 2.0 allows users to do more than just retrieve information. By developing what was possible on web 1.0 the user is provided with more user-interface, software and storage facilities, all through their browser. Users can provide the data that is on a Web 2.0 site and exercise some control over that data.
Eamples of web 2.0 :

• Social networking sites
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Video sharing sites
• Hosted services
• Web applications

Web 3.0 :
Definitions of web 3.0 vary greatly however, it is agreed by many to be the next bit development to the internet. There is only speculation as to what it will be. It will be an improvement in the respect that it will still contain Web 2.0 properties while continuing to add to its ever expanding library of applications. Some people claim the web 3.0 will be more application based and focus it's efforts on more geographic or location ased information. Others simply state their belief that Web 3.0 will primarily focus on dramatically improving the functionality and usability of search engines. An important factor that users must continue to keep in mind is that the transition to web 2.0 from web 1.0 took approximately ten years. Given the same time frame, the next transition will not be complete until around the year 2015.