Saturday, April 30, 2011
Harish Bhatt
Delicious, the popular social bookmarking site that Yahoo wanted to get rid of, has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Could it be a first step for the duo to jump into the search space?
From the press release put out by AVOS, the company run by the duo (note, you might not get to the release, as the AVOS site appears to have crashed):
Delicious will become part of AVOS, a new Internet company…. Going back to their roots, Hurley and Chen located Delicious in downtown San Mateo, California, blocks away from where they started YouTube. They’re aggressively hiring to build a world-class team to take on the challenge of building the best information discovery service on the web.
Following now is a news letter from Yahoo! to its end users(Delicious users). To continue using Delicious, you must agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to AVOS. After a transition period and after your bookmarks are transferred, you will be subject to the AVOS terms of service and privacy policy.
Reasons to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks
Reasons to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks
- Continue uninterrupted use of Delicious.
- Keep your Delicious account and all your bookmarks.
- Enjoy the same look and feel of Delicious today plus future product innovations.
What happens if you do not transfer your bookmarks
- Delicious in its current form will be available until approximately July 2011.
- After that, you will no longer be able to use your existing Delicious account and will not have
- access to your existing bookmarks or account information.
About AVOS
AVOS is a new Internet company founded by Chad Hurley and Steve Chen who, in 2005, founded YouTube, the world's largest online video platform. Before YouTube, Hurley and Chen were early employees at PayPal, a leading online payment service that is now part of eBay. Delicious will become a part of AVOS, based in San Mateo, California.
Following now is a news letter from Yahoo! to its end users(Delicious users). To continue using Delicious, you must agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to AVOS. After a transition period and after your bookmarks are transferred, you will be subject to the AVOS terms of service and privacy policy.
Learn more about moving your bookmarks.
Yahoo! has appreciated having new owners for maintaining and using Delicious. Yahoo! people are pleased to be able to transfer Delicious to an incredible new owner -- in good hands
