Wanna validate whether your site meets the web 2.0 standard? Well, you might want to check web2.0validator.
Though I don’t agree with all the criterias (rather most of it), its a good fun to notice that iDea Labs gets a rank of 16/50 while Flickr (probably one of the most successful web 2.0 site) just manages to grab 4/50, while gets a rank of 16!!
Few significant parameters are:
- Is in public beta?
- Uses inline AJAX ?
- Uses python?
- Is Shadows-aware ?
- Uses the prefix “meta” or “micro”?
- Uses tags ?
- Uses Cascading Style Sheets?
- Has favicon ?
- Appears to be web 3.0 ?
- Appears to use AJAX ?
- Mentions an “architecture of participation”?
- Mentions Nitro ?
- Mentions Cool Words ?
- Mentions Ruby?
- Appears to use MonoRail ?
- Has prototype.js ?
- Actually mentions Web 2.0 ?
- Mentions RDF and the Semantic Web?
- Uses microformats ?
Related: International map of web 2.0 applications
Filed under:web2.0validator
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