How did Web 2.0 develop in today’s society?

Web 2.0 has developed a lot in today’s society, and that has made users of all ages around the world use the net a lot so that they can connect and interact with people around the world. Web 2.0 sites are also very popular and are constantly being used world wide by not only children, but grownups as well use Web 2.0 for different reasons like to launch a business or to find an employee for a specific job, but the question is how did Web 2.0 get popular around the world?Web 2.0 at first had 250,000 sites with only 45 million global users and now Web 2.0 has 80, 000, 000 sites with 1 billion global users so as you can see they have developed a lot throughout the years. Web 2.0 developed by making there sites more attractive, appealing and simple like having Simple layouts, big fonts and bright titles that make the look and feel of websites good and pleasing. Web 2.0 has also developed by making available the use of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) that makes it possible to create rich-client Internet applications (RIAs). These are good because it makes the user have a better and richer experience.Web 2.0 also developed in today’s society by making its sites easier to use since more people are starting to use their sites. They have made more options available to the user so it is simpler for them to share something or express their thoughts and feeling.

Web 2.0 mainly developed was by involving the users more in their sites creation and development. For example in their sites when people comment or share any information Web 2.0 puts to good use the valuable data generated by users themselves and develop their sites, that way the user feels good about themselves and this is how Web 2.0 attracts more users.
References:http://webtrends.about.com/od/web20/a/what-is-web20.htm and http://www.iste.org/docs/excerpts/NEWTOO-excerpt.pdf