WEB 1.0
Web 1.0 is the term used to refer to the first stage of development on the World Wide Web that was characterized by simple static websites.
The term Web 1.0 didn’t appear until the term Web 2.0 was coined in 1999 by Darci DiNucci.
During that time, the web was undergoing a major transformation. Most websites in the 1990s had originally been built with static HTML pages, and a few simple styles embedded in the HTML markup. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, interactive website features redefined what could be accomplished in a web browser and marked a major point of evolution in the world of web development.
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Characteristics
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web 1.0 page
Frequently Asked Questions
What marked the transition to Web 2.0?
There are a number of factors that marked a departure from Web 1.0 to 2.0 such as user-generated content in the form of comments, the use of databases to store content, growth in the ability of web servers to process server-side scripting languages, and the birth and explosion in growth of social media.
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Why were Guestbooks a popular feature during Web 1.0?
Web 1.0 coincided with a time when dial-up Internet connections were common. Pages with long lists of user comments would take a long time to load over a dial-up connection. A Guestbook was a solution to the desire to allow user comments without bogging down the overall performance of a website. In this way, user comments were allowed, but wouldn’t slow down performance of content pages.
