Showing posts with label online marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label online marketing. Show all posts

What’s Next for Delicious?

Many of you have read the news stories about Delicious that began appearing yesterday. We’re genuinely sorry to have these stories appear with so little context for our loyal users. While we can’t answer each of your questions individually, we wanted to address what we can at this stage and we promise to keep you posted as future plans get finalized.


Is Delicious being shut down? And should I be worried about my data?

- No, we are not shutting down Delicious. While we have determined that there is not a strategic fit at Yahoo!, we believe there is a ideal home for Delicious outside of the company where it can be resourced to the level where it can be competitive.


What is Yahoo! going to do with Delicious?

- We’re actively thinking about the future of Delicious and we believe there is a home outside the company that would make more sense for the service and our users. We’re in the process of exploring a variety of options and talking to companies right now. And we’ll share our plans with you as soon as we can.


What if I want to get my bookmarks out of Delicious right away?

- As noted above, there’s no reason to panic. We are maintaining Delicious and encourage you to keep using it. That said, we have export options if you so choose. Additionally, many services provide the ability to import Delicious links and tags.

We’ll let you know more as things develop.


Source: blog.delicious.com

More related news:

2012 Olympics: SEO Should Begin Now

Businesses looking to tie in their search engine optimisation (SEO) activities with the London Olympics in 2012 should start their preparations now, according to one expert.

Writing in a column for Netimperative, Chris Speed of search marketing firm I Spy explains that while the search landscape as a wholLondon Olympics in 2012 e should remain largely the same, significant developments may occur in the world of online marketing between now and the event. He says that research shows SEO is seen as a viable web marketing channel by many firms and recent moves towards a more integrated form of search engine marketing that encompasses both paid and natural search - as well as social media - could make the medium even more attractive.
"Another major development is in visual search capability, which will allow users to see results in an image form rather than text ... This means search won't be able to 'cheat' with image alt tags," Mr Speed comments.
The recent World Cup highlighted how the right online marketing campaigns can boost brands - according to Experian Hitwise, the tournament helped to drive searches for the likes of Qantas, Virgin Atlantic and Marks & Spencer.

Source: Directnews.co.uk