Comments on: Yahoo Starts to Hack Off Some Dead Limbs

By: Stripped-down Bookmarking With Yummymarks: Online Collaboration «

Stripped-down Bookmarking With Yummymarks: Online Collaboration « — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:00:50 +0000

[...] since Yahoo announced that it was planning to sell off Delicious, I’ve been looking at other bookmarking services. While I’ll probably end up settling [...]

By: Trunk.ly Keeps Track of the Links You Share Online: Online Collaboration «

Trunk.ly Keeps Track of the Links You Share Online: Online Collaboration « — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:00:37 +0000

[...] since hearing that Yahoo was planning to ditch Delicious, I’ve been looking at alternative bookmarking services. Trunk.ly is a free bookmarking app [...]

By: 5 Delicious Alternatives: Business Collaboration News« « Business

5 Delicious Alternatives: Business Collaboration News« « Business — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:51:23 +0000

[...] to a leaked presentation, Yahoo isplanning on shutting down Delicious. That’s bad news for users of the popular social bookmarking tool, but fortunately, there are [...]

By: Mike Cohen

Mike Cohen — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:21:26 +0000

Ryan,

I’ve switched to Pinboard & imported all of my Delicious bookmarks.

By: David H. Deans

David H. Deans — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:26:04 +0000

Perhaps studying the cast off remnants of Yahaoo would actually make an interesting MBA class case-study series.

When you consider what the assigned Yahoo custodian managers collectively did to GeoCites, and their other expensive acquisitions, I’m now left wondering what the ROI numbers look like in hindsight…

By: Ed Hands

Ed Hands — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:30:20 +0000

I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Yahoo. In days past as a network tech I would set Yahoo! as the home page for people when I set up their computer. And if I forgot to do that, they would call and say something to the effect that they “didn’t have the internet” on their PC. Yahoo WAS the internet in the late 80s and early 90s.

Google, take note of this cautiionary tale.

I hope Yahoo’s management has a plan to increase their web share. I hear ablot about cutting and merging, but nothing visionary to lead them forward. That (apparant) lack of vision is what seems to have gotten them in this position.

By: WWD Screencast: How to Export Delicious Bookmarks: Business Collaboration News «

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:00:22 +0000

[...] news that Yahoo is planning on shutting its popular social bookmarking service Delicious is concerning, particularly if you’ve used it to store a large number of bookmarks. [...]

By: Cybertelecom

Cybertelecom — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:28:21 +0000

DELICIOUS aint dead. In fact, the diaspora of folk fleeing DELICIOUS seems to be overwhelming alternative sites like DIGG and DIIGO. Yahoo! is just to thick headed to figure out how to make money off of this.

By: BrianB

BrianB — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:24:26 +0000

It’s sad to see Yahoo decline like this, but there is something to be said for going back to their core competencies. Yahoo needs to monetize their core business and ditch the non-essential services it has. Service breadth is nice when times are good, but Yahoo needs triage first.

I send my support to the employees let go. I’ve been laid off from a company like Yahoo, and it was horrible being let go, but leaving behind the dread of “could I be next” was empowering.

By: 5 Delicious Alternatives: Business Collaboration News «

5 Delicious Alternatives: Business Collaboration News « — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:00:52 +0000

[...] to a leaked presentation, Yahoo is planning on shutting down Delicious. That’s bad news for users of the popular social bookmarking tool, but fortunately there are [...]