It looks like Yahoo will be shutting down the social bookmarking service Delicious.com [1]. Or Del.icio.us as we first knew it.
Techcrunch reported the story earlier today, citing Yahoo layoffs [2] that included the entire Delicious team. The post was based on a leaked internal presentation slide that showed a number of services on the chopping block, including: Delicious, Altavista, Buzz, MyBlogLog, Yahoo! Bookmarks, and Yahoo! Picks.
There were other sources mentioned in the post, so it’s very likely this is more than a rumour. And while it’s entirely possible the user base will be heard, and the service saved… I wouldn’t count on it. Heading over to the bookmark export feature [3] might be the next logical step.
There will be many Slaw readers looking for alternatives in the coming days, including myself. If you have a preferred solution, please chime in the comments below.