Web 2.0 is the term used for web based applications that allow more interaction and collaboration between users. Examples of Web 2.0 technology are blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeders and interactive websites, such as YouTube and SecondLife. These resources can be searched for information that you can use for papers and projects.

How to search blogs
There are a few websites that facilitate blog searching. Two of them are Technorati (http://technorati.com/) and Google Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.com/). These sites work just like a traditional search engine, except that they exclusively search blogs.

How to search wikis
Wikis are websites that allow users to collaboratively edit and add content on a certain subject or topic. Some wikis are searchable using search engines, such as Google or Yahoo. There is also a new search engine, Qwika (http://www.qwika.com/) that only searches Wikis

How to search podcasts
There are search engines that specifically search Podcasts and videos. A few of these are, Everyzing (http://www.everyzing.com/ ) which also searches video, Podscope (http://www.podscope.com/ ) which searches for words and phrases spoken during a podcast, PodcastNet (http://www.podcast.net/ ) and Podcast Alley, (http://podcastalley.com/ ) which contain searchable indexes of podcasts.

How to search for videos
Searching for videos is similar to searching for any other media on the web. However, there are a few search engines that are designed to search for videos. Blinx (http://www.blinkx.com/) and Google video (http://video.google.com/) are two options

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