Web 2.0: Is it more than job postings and resumes?
Perhaps I'm out to lunch on this, but I've always thought of Web 2.0 as being more than just user generated content. As one of the owners of CollegeRecruiter.com, I think that I have a pretty good handle on different types of user generated content and I draw a big distinction between user generated content which is just data and user generated content which is information.
To me, user generated content which is just data includes job postings and resumes. There's little to nothing there that's truly informative. User generated content which is information includes articles, blog entries, podcasts, and videos. Just about everything there is informative.
So, am I out to lunch? Does your definition of Web 2.0 include job postings and resumes?
The term user-generated content came into existance somewhere in 2005. It was associated with new types of media products such as blogs, videos, podcasts, etc. UGC offers information that is generated by the users for the users. Through new media tools, personal opinion is shared and distributed to reflect a sense of general sentiment about all kinds of issues. That is why, UGC offers information that is not only useful to the users' themselves but is also a powerful marketing tool that can very much change a company's strategy.