What is Web 0?
Web 1.0 refers to the first stage of the World Wide Web evolution. Earlier, there were only a few content creators in Web 1.0 with a huge majority of users who are consumers of content. Personal web pages were common, consisting mainly of static pages hosted on ISP-run web servers, or free web hosting services.
In Web 1.0 advertisements on websites while surfing the internet are banned. Also, in Web 1.0, Ofoto is an online digital photography website, on which users could store, share, view, and print digital pictures. Web 1.0 is a content delivery network (CDN) that enables the showcase of the piece of information on the websites. It can be used as a personal website. It costs the user as per pages viewed. It has directories that enable users to retrieve a particular piece of information. The era of Web 1.0 was roughly from 1991 to 2004.
Four Design Essentials of a Web 1.0 Site Include:
- Static pages.
- Content is served from the server’s file system.
- Pages built using Server Side Includes or Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
- Frames and Tables are used to position and align the elements on a page.
Features of the Web 1.0
- Easy to connect static pages with the system via hyperlinks
- Supports elements like frames and tables with HTML 3.2
- Also has graphics and a GIF button
- Less interaction between the user and the server
- You can send HTML forms via mail
- Provides only a one-way publishing medium
Difference Between Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0
Web 1.0 was all about fetching, and reading information. Web 2.0 is all about reading, writing, creating, and interacting with the end user. It was famously called the participative social web. Web 3.0 is the third generation of the World Wide Web, and is a vision of a decentralized web which is currently a work in progress. It is all about reading, writing, and owning.
Let’s dive deeper to know better about the features and need of Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0.