Background

Web 1.0 to Web 2.0   Web 1.0 (named **after** the term Web 2.0 was coined- a retronym) refers to the advent of the WWW until about the early 1990s. At this point the web was a static environment where only those with a knowledge of the complex computer language html could post information. Web 2.0 refers to the and user generated content of today's web. One of the most important developments that contributed to this switch in the web was WYSIWYG (wizziwig) editors. WYSIWIG is an acronym that means "what you see is what you get". This type of editor allows ALL people to be able to post, format, and edit information in blogs, on websites, and social networking sites.

Link to a blog post on the difference between web 1.0 and 2.0