Web 2.0 is new trend on the Internet that is coming up quickly with many websites offering the associated services. It would be really difficult to actually define Web 2.0 because it has got many faces. But the best thing about it is the ability to share your content free of cost with an unlimited number of people absolutely free.
Why it's so hot has got a very valid reason. Consider the everyday scenario of an average internet user. A person who wants some information from the internet connects to the internet. Visits his favorite search engine (in most cases), makes a search and visits the websites that come up in the result pages.
The search results that come up many not be what the visitor is looking for. The results that come up are what the search engine thinks is relevant to the search query. This very basic conflict has given rise to something called as "Community" sites where people gather and decide on themselves what's relevant and what's not. The person who get maximum votes ends up with enough traffic that can crash down his server.
There are many community websites depending upon the type of content being published. The type of content being published is in the form of text articles, audio video, photos.
Community websites such as YouTube.com, Digg.com, del.icio.us, furl.net, flickr.com are visited by thousands of people everyday. All you have to do is submit your content to these sites and wait a few minutes. Instantly other members start looking into it and post comments depending upon how unique and creative it is. These sites have a capacity to generate thousands of visitors to any website in a matter of hours.
Since these websites gives each member complete freedom to express and vote, which is unlike any search engine on the internet, these community sites have become very popular recently. With them you will never have to wait for search engine updated and struggle endlessly with their complex algorithms. if you have a unique way to express your content, you can get free traffic in a matter of hours to any website new or old.
Copyright Shrinivas Vaidya
