Web Space - Three Segments

What is web space?:
It is a concept that encompasses the methods to convey information over the internet. In conversations with clients I find it convenient to break up the internet into three categories:

1. Traditional Internet - This segment is composed of static web sites, e-newsletter, and emails.
2. Web 2.0 - (A phrase coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999) Traditionally is described as containing rich interactive web sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashup and the like.
3. Social Media - Contains a segment of web sites such as Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Digg, Delicious, Yelp... Many definitions put Social-networking sites as part of Web 2.0 I break them out into the Social Media segment of web space.

There is overlap between these segments, especially between Web 2.0 and Social Media.

Why make the distinction?:
Content, Content, Content: Web users expectations are changing. They want fresh and relevant content which is easy to find - or sent to them before they know they need/want it.

Web users have different expectations from these segments. I'll discuss these expectations in a future blog.