Web 2.0 Archive

IBM takes a two part march through the attack vectors of spam on "web 2.0" sites.'Real Web 2.0 means harnessing the power of social groups to improve information systems. This will invariably attract nasty people who look for the cracks to take advantage of you and me. Spam on the Web is one of the biggest threats to a modern Web developer.'Part 1 of this series shows you how to assess visitor behaviour and control work-flow to reduce Web 2.0 spam. Part 2 shows you how to use the power of community against spam.

OpenSocial supporters, including Google and MySpace, have celebrated the first anniversary of the project to establish a common set of standard APIs and tools for developing social networking applications.