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'''Web 3.0''' may refer to:
{{See also|Semantic Web}}
Definitions of Web 3.0 vary greatly. Some<ref>Agarwal, Amit. "Web 3.0 concepts explained in plain English".[http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/ Labnol.org]</ref> believe its most important features are the [[Semantic Web]] and [[personalization]]. Focusing on the computer elements, [[Conrad Wolfram]] has argued that Web 3.0 is where "the computer is generating new information", rather than humans.<ref>[http://www.itpro.co.uk/621535/q-a-conrad-wolfram-on-communicating-with-apps-in-web-3-0 Conrad Wolfram on Communicating with apps in web 3.0] IT PRO, 17 Mar 2010</ref>
* [[Semantic Web]], sometimes called Web 3.0
Andrew Keen, author of ''The Cult of the Amateur'', considers the Semantic Web an "unrealisable abstraction" and sees Web 3.0 as the return of experts and authorities to the Web. For example, he points to Bertelsmann's deal with the [[German Wikipedia]] to produce an edited print version of that encyclopedia. [[CNN Money]]'s Jessi Hempel expects Web 3.0 to emerge from new and innovative Web 2.0 services with a profitable business model.<ref>Hempel, Jessi. "Web 2.0 is so over. Welcome to Web 3.0." CNN Money. [http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/07/technology/hempel_threepointo.fortune/index.htm CNN.com]</ref> Others still such as Manoj Sharma, an organization strategist, in the keynote "A Brave New World Of Web 3.0" proposes that Web 3.0 will be a "Totally Integrated World" - cradle-to-grave experience of being always plugged onto the net.<ref>Keen, Andrew. "Web 1.0 + Web 2.0 = Web 3.0." [http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/the_great_seduction/2008/04/web-10-web-20-w.html TypePad.com]</ref>
* [[Web3]] (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0), a general idea for a decentralized Internet based on public blockchains.
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Futurist [[John Smart (futurist)|John Smart]], lead author of the Metaverse Roadmap<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metaverseroadmap.org/MetaverseRoadmapOverview.pdf |title=Metaverse Roadmap Overview |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-02-06}}</ref> echoes Sharma's perspective, defining Web 3.0 as the first-generation [[Metaverse]] (convergence of the virtual and physical world), a web development layer that includes TV-quality open video, 3D simulations, augmented reality, human-constructed semantic standards, and pervasive broadband, wireless, and sensors. Web 3.0's early geosocial (Foursquare, etc.) and augmented reality (Layar, etc.) webs are an extension of Web 2.0's participatory technologies and social networks (Facebook, etc.) into 3D space. Of all its metaverse-like developments, Smart suggests Web 3.0's most defining characteristic will be the mass diffusion of NTSC-or-better quality [http://openvideoalliance.org/about/?l=en open video] to TVs, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices, a time when "the internet swallows the television."<ref>Smart, John. 2010. "The Television Will Be Revolutionized: The iPad, Internet TV, and Web 3.0."[http://www.accelerating.org/articles/televisionwillberevolutionized.html]</ref> Smart considers Web 4.0 to be the [[Semantic Web]] and in particular, the rise of statistical, machine-constructed semantic tags and algorithms, driven by broad collective use of conversational interfaces, perhaps circa 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accelerationwatch.com/lui.html |title=Smart, John. 2003. "The Conversational Interface." |publisher=Accelerationwatch.com |date=2008-11-14 |accessdate=2011-02-06}}</ref> David Siegel's perspective in ''Pull: The Power of the Semantic Web'', 2009, is consonant with this, proposing that the growth of human-constructed semantic standards and data will be a slow, industry-specific incremental process for years to come, perhaps unlikely to tip into broad social utility until after 2020.
According to some Internet experts Web 3.0 will allow the user to sit back and let the Internet do all of the work for them.<ref>[http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-302.htm HowStuffWorks "Web 3.0 Basics"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Rather than having search engines gear towards your keywords, the search engines will gear towards the user. Keywords will be searched based on your culture, region, and jargon <ref>[http://www.sti2.org STI International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. For example, when going on a vacation you have to do separate searches for your airline ticket, your hotel reservations, and your car rental. With Web 3.0 you will be able to do all of this in one simple search. The search engine will present the results in a comparative and easily navigated way to the user <ref>http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID= 00048144-10D2-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21</ref>.
In 2011 March 18th, during "Login 2011", a huge internet trends event, Ben Hammersley was giving his idea about what Web 3.0 might look like.
At the end of a speech someone from the audience asked: "What does .0 stand for? Why can't we just call it Web 3?".
Ben responded with "we can call it whatever we want". This was followed by a numerous suggestions between the questioner and Ben. Finally "<b>Web Awesome</b>" was chosen as the perfect alternative to Web 3.0.
== See also ==
* [[Web 2.0]]
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