Canvas Site - Web 2.0

It is important to consider what features of web 2.0 we can include in the Canvas website. It is then important to consider which will work and be effective on the site.

The point of Web 2.0 is its interactivity. It is a good idea for the Canvas website to be interactive as it gives users a reason to return to the site. Easy options for this would be the ability to include comment pages and potentially blogs.

Comment pages could easily be added to the events pages, which would give users the ability to announce their plans regarding events. If this occurred it would generate regular site traffic as users checked to see who was planning to go to which events.

Reviews could also be a helpful tool. By allowing users to comment on our review pages, they could provide counter reviews, or potentially reviews of their own. This makes the pages much more reliable as they would begin to feature more than one opinion. Again, this would lead to a greater trust from users and increased site traffic.

A blog page may be a good incorporation as well, either an individual's writing or as a group. I think it would give the site a unified voice that users could come to identify with and hopefully trust. This can become a good forum for distributing links and discussing all areas of the site. Again, all of this leads to greater interest for users and increased traffic.