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Guest Editorial——Special Issue on Current Trends & Application in Web 2.0

Kamaljit I. Lakhtaria
CSE Department, Sir Padampat Singhaniya University, Udaipur

   Academy Publisher played active role for publishing Reputed Journal and Proceedings. I am glad to be work as the Guest Editor for the “Special Issue on Current Trends & Application in Web 2.0” with Journal of Advances in Information Technology. The aim of this Special Issue is to keep its readers widely interested in basic and applied research and advancement of Web 2.0, and to promote interaction and collaboration among researchers from the domain Web 2.0.
   During last few years Web 2.0 tools highly recognized and accepted worldwide from Corporate to Entertainment, from Child to Professional to Old age people, for sharing their own self over WWW. Webs 2.0 uses and evaluate their effectiveness in supporting communication, developing, and revolutions of countries, are rapidly evolving technology and play an important role in every daily life activities in societies. This technology includes wikis (Wikipedia, Seedwiki), blog, micro blogging (Twitter), YouTube, social book marking, podcasts, Second Life (virtual communities), and RSS. Web 2.0 are a technology shifting the Web to turn it into a participatory platform, in which people not only consume content (via downloading) but also contribute and produce new content (via uploading).
   Starting with this Special Issue, Two of this Research Paper will reflect the impact of web 2.0 in their Countries and One Research paper focuses strong impact of web 2.0 on E-commerce. Excelling in advancement and transfer of knowledge is only possible through maintaining a strong research culture. This special Issue aims towards highlighting the advancement of Web 2.0, Latest Trends of Users for Web 2.0. Authors had illustrated how Web 2.0 technology has been successfully used as a supplement for communicative practice in societies. Along with in depth discussion of Web 2.0 this Special Issue presents an Advanced Guide towards Web 2.0 Latest Research as well.
   I expect that these Research Papers will give an in-depth description of some of the exciting research projects that are currently underway and will provide an insight into the potential impact of the Future projects.
   I am very much thankful to Dr. ACM Fong and Journal of Advances in Information Technology for their Constant Supports and Guidance, I would also like to thanks Authors, Distinguish Reviewers for the Special Issue. And at the end I thank the advancement of Web 2.0 Technology and hope for more innovation in upcoming years.
   I hope you will enjoy reading this Special Issue on Web 2.0.

doi:10.4304/jait.2.4.189-189