“I’m Web 2.0!” says Web 2.0 Validator
I site I managed to find recently through Google was the Web 2.0 validator.
For those unacquainted with the term, “web 2.0″ is a term used to describe the new internet, following the recovery after the .com crash of the late 90s and early 2000s. The only problem is that no-one actually knows exactly what “web 2.0″ really means - some people think it’s about design, others about new technology (i.e. AJAX), community-based websites or a mix of them all. It’s simply become a buzzword and there are a number of running jokes in the tech industry about it.
Back on track, the web 2.0 validator tells you whether you’re site is 2.0 or not! In their own words: “we’re the dot in web 2.0″!
This sites results are as follows:
The score for http://www.danlprice.co.uk is 10 out of 66
- Uses Cascading Style Sheets? Yes!
- Attempts to be XHTML Strict ? Yes!
- Actually mentions Web 2.0 ? Yes!
- Uses Semantic Markup? Yes!
- Refers to web2.0validator ? Yes! (Woohoo!)
- Uses the “blink” tag? Yes!
- Appears to have Adsense ? Yes!
Wow, I’m so 2.0….
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Nice link Dan,
My blog’s even less Web 2.0-ish than yours, with a high score of 6 out of 65 (not sure why it isn’t 66, like in your results, though).
January 30th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
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January 30th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
I scored 10 of 66. I don’t understand a lot of the ways they measure the 2.0-ishness of a site, though?
* Denies the existance of Rocky V ? No ( The movie? )
* Uses Google Maps API? No ( Yes I do! I put a great deal of effort into fighting wordpress until it accepts Google Maps code! )
* Appears to be web 3.0 ? Yes! ( Huh? )
* Appears to be non-empty ? No
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February 27th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Sorry dan this thing is complete CRAP! and so wrong, i checked my dansgalaxy.co.uk while its nto even finished yet it came up with 3 out of 66 and most of them it got wrong, it most definatly dont have the blink tag, it DOES have style sheets and loads of stupid questions…
Dan
February 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Haha I think it’s funny! Whether anything it says is true or not is irrelevant really - most of the questions/requirements on the Web 2.0 validator prove how ridiculous the “web 2.0 wannabe movement” actually is - it pokes fun at web 2.0 sites!