[NTLUG:Discuss] The End For Delicious?

[Kevin E. Ivey]

On 12/20/2010 10:17 AM, Robert Pearson wrote:
> {Suspicions Confirmed}
> Former Yahoo Exec: “Delicious Is in Peril,” Sale Unlikely
> <http://mashable.com/2010/12/19/delicious-yahoo-exec-opinion/>
> [Article excerpt]
> While rumors and responses about bookmarking service Delicious swirl
> around the web, one former Yahoo and Delicious employee who maintains
> close ties with relevant teams says the service’s future is most
> certainly in jeopardy — in fact, he speculates that while the data may
> end up stored somewhere, the service itself has a slim chance of
> survival.
> 
> 
> Since I have years of bookmarks on Delicious (~4000 of them), I am a
> little concerned.
> Anybody else have this situation?
> What are you looking at for alternatives?
> Any easy way to move 4k of bookmarks?
> I know I can export my Delicious bookmarks to a CSV file on my home
> computer. Would this be a good thing to do?

Until recently, I used XMarks.  When they threatened to shut down, I
switched to Mozilla Sync.  They work pretty much the same way.

I have all my bookmarks since 1996 stored online now.  You can always
back them up as an html file also.

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