Is Yahoo Shutting Down Del.icio.us? [Update: Yes]

The Bid To Keep Del.icio.us It was announced via several sources (including former Yahoo! employee and Upcoming founder Andy Baio's twitter) on December 17, 2010 that Yahoo! would either be shutting down or merging the social bookmarking service Del.icio.us. Del.icio.us, founded in 2003 and bought by Yahoo! Links Rumours rumours... Yahoo Closing Buzz, Traffic APIs – Maybe Delicious & AltaVista News is traveling fast about a leaked slide from a Yahoo “all hands” meeting earlier this week that listed several products — including Delicous and AltaVista — to be “sunsetted.” Yahoo confirms that Yahoo Buzz will be closed, as will the Traffic APIs. Delicious seems likely to go, too. Here’s the statement we received from Yahoo: Part of our organizational streamlining involves cutting our investment in underperforming or off-strategy products to put better focus on our core strengths and fund new innovation in the next year and beyond. I asked again if this included Delicious and was told: We’re not commenting on Delicious specifically at this point. The Sunset Slide The news appears to have been broken first by Eric Marcoullier, who tweeted out a picture from an internal slideshow that was given to Yahoo employees: You can see a larger version of this here. Can’t wait to find out how you got the web cast. Goodbye To Yahoo Buzz So Long, AltaVista & AllTheWeb See You, MyBlogLog

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