What exactly is web 1.0?

We get excited when we hear about web 1.0, web 2.0, and web 3.0, as well as what is to come in the future. We consider how far we have come since the advent of the internet. Let's discuss it today.

What exactly is web 1.0?

Web 1.0, also known as read-only web, was the first stage of the World Wide Web revolution. Websites were informational and contained only static content that was hyperlinked together; in other words, there was no CSS, dynamic links, interactivity such as user logging in, comments on blog posts, and so on.

Computers and networking equipment became essential. Computer technological advancements caused changes; floppy discs became hard drives that stored Megabytes, which then became Gigabytes, which then became Terabytes. As RAM increased from hundreds of kilobytes to gigabytes and the dot-com bubble burst, internet speeds increased from kilobits per second to tens of megabits per second, then to gigabits per second. Companies emerged in an attempt to capitalise on this new technology, the most notable of which was Netscape, which created the first commercial Web browser.

Characteristics of Web 1.0:

• Development of a host of web-based applications, which fostered in online services, such as email.
• Content from administrator.
• Managed by a central authority.
• Read-only, information was “pushed” to users.
• Email was the first widely adopted application on the Internet.

It was an interactive space, and I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means.

~ Tim Berners- Lee's