Retread Web 1.0 to Web 2.0

Om Malik | Thursday, April 13, 2006 | 1:05 PM PT | 24 comments

One observation about this whole Web 2.0 thing – all the smart entrepreneurs are incredibly young. I just thought it would be fun to give them a little bit of a history lesson and introduce them to names, ideas, and things from the recent past – aka Web 1.0. I am not sure if I can remember all the old ideas that are now being reinvented, and I would let all of you to chime in. Of course you can help spread the “retread meme.”

Categories	Old	New
Web-based Desktop(s)	Desktop.com	Google Office
Domain Daddies	Register.com	GoDaddy
Microsoft	Active Desktop	Live
Super Angel (Investor)	Ron Conway	Ron Conway
Mr. Money Maker	Mark Cuban (Broadcast.com)	Mark Cuban (Icerocket.com and Weblogs Inc.)
Swap-ur-Crap	Swaprat, Trade-N-Swap.com, WebSwap,, Tradeaway and Intellibarter	Zunafish
Over Crowded	Pet supplies dot coms	Online Video services
Content2Go	AvantGo	Webaroo

from the archives, one to enjoy

Comments (24)

point cast -> RSS

AntiParasite — 1:26 PM on April 13, 2006

Exit: IPO –> Acquisition

Gopi — 1:56 PM on April 13, 2006

There’s an old saying. Okay maybe not that old. It goes something like this.

Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again’ :)

Don’t forget to add…

Web 1.0 = Corvis (how painful an experience)
Web 2.0 = Broadwing

J Lee — 3:53 PM on April 13, 2006

I like the way that Pete townshend said it,”meet the new boss, same as the old boss!”

Mark Forman — 6:06 PM on April 13, 2006

Somebody needs to figure out what the next Flooz is going to be — I’m sure Whoopi Goldberg is available…

MxHyway — 8:50 PM on April 13, 2006

Rafe Needleman -> Om Malik

Amused — 9:12 PM on April 13, 2006

xPlanner -> Basecamp

MxHyway — 9:51 PM on April 13, 2006

oh come on “amused” i am not rafe. i rarely wax eloquent about products. and i am not as good looking as rafe.

Om Malik — 9:52 PM on April 13, 2006

i loved pointcast. that was so kickass back then.

Bernard Moon — 12:49 AM on April 14, 2006

Contact synchronization:

Web 1.0: Peoplestreet (http://web.archive.org/web/20010331025639/www.peoplestreet.com/index.jsp)

Web 2.0: Plaxo (http://www.plaxo.com)

John — 5:15 AM on April 14, 2006

1.0 -> 2.0

personal home page -> blog
rich media -> video
page views -> visitors
media metrix -> comscore
personal publishing -> user generated content
revolution -> revolution
“eyeballs” -> “eyeballs”
“[fill in the blank] just doesn’t get it” -> “[fill in the blank] just doesn’t get it”

steve — 5:21 AM on April 14, 2006

TheGlobe,GeoCities > MySpace

Alan — 8:10 AM on April 14, 2006

Business 2.0 -> GigaOm.com

;)

DaveMc500Hats — 9:09 AM on April 14, 2006

email > gmail ;)

RyanC — 9:30 AM on April 14, 2006

webvan -> my two feet (not dotcom, at the stinking grocery store)

jeneane — 10:01 AM on April 14, 2006

confused->confused :|

Abby — 11:19 AM on April 14, 2006

IPO–> Acquired

Ron Piovesan — 3:27 PM on April 14, 2006

rcom->enom

d — 5:21 PM on April 14, 2006

Red Herring -> TechCrunch

Michael Parekh — 10:42 PM on April 14, 2006

webshots -> flickr

Michael Parekh — 11:51 PM on April 14, 2006

Nope, Michael,

Industry Standard -> TechCrunch

Om Malik — 10:16 AM on April 15, 2006

does it really make sense to call GoDaddy 2.0?
Just cuz their stuff is cheap?

They are only just now implementing RSS in certain products

ghola — 4:16 PM on April 16, 2006

Online advertising floats all bad business models –> online advertising floats all bad business models
Online advertising exhuberance ends and bubble bursts –> ?