Saturday, December 10th, 2005, 6:28 am
Del.icio.us Acquired by Yahoo
Filed under:
My deceased del.icio.us bookmark
OT so long after their Flickr takeover, Yahoo take control of del.icio.us (also covered in Associated Press via Yahoo! News).
I am now reluctant to add anything to my del.icio.us bookmarks. I use my Firefox bookmarks instead. Firefox settings are available to me from anywhere, but I used to like the idea of social bookmarking, so long as it was not commercially-orchestrated. I somehow perceived del.icio.us as a Wikipedia ‘sister’, wherein the community helped organise Web addresses (links) as oppose to human knowledge.
Wikipedia has its problems too. Earlier today ZDNet argued that its Open Source label is a conundrum. More recently it began to impose restrictions and it appears to have commercially-motivated mirrors.
Another major takeover: Adobe Buy Macromedia
Also to note: Prodigy now up for sale (external)
Addendum:
- Yahoo can refine their search results using popularity figures in
del.icio.us, which are good reflectants on inbound links and high-quality content. - Wikipedia is now sold in paper form and as DVD‘s
