Comparing Web 1.0 to Web 2.0

These are both examples of Web 1.0 sites:

USA Swimming's Website 

This website is an example of Web 1.0 because this site only provides information to the public, but it does not provide a way for people to interact with each other.

Yogurtland

This website is an example of Web 1.0 because it only offers basic information on its product and how to contact the company, but people cannot interact with other people.

These are both examples of Web 2.0 sites:

fflick 

This website is an example of a Web 2.0 site because people on this site can interact with each other through community web reviews and ratings. The site uses both AJAX (because the site does not need to load frequently) and XML. The site also uses RSS so people can read about new movie reviews that appear on this site. An interesting thing about this site is that anyone that has a Twitter account already is a part of this website. This is an example of a web mashup since the site interacts with Twitter in order to post movie reviews on its website.

Zoom.it by Live Labs

This website is an example of a Web 2.0 site because it is a site in which a user can create his own type of content (a crisp image in a new angle). This site uses AJAX because it does not need to load frequently and it uses XML because the site is very interactive; it allows you to drag and zoom into images. It is an example of cloud computing since this could be a type of program, but instead, it is a web application that is used to improve pictures. Another convenient thing this site does is after editing your picture the way you would like, the site gives you a nice shortened URL so it can be shared with friends.