[NTLUG:Discuss] The End For Delicious?

[namit.bhalla at wipro.com]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Kevin E. Ivey <ik04 at isot.com> wrote:

>>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.

If you want the bookmarks to be hosted online, you have a few options: Pinboard (paid), Google Bookmarks, XMarks, Diigo and Licorize.
For me, keeping the delicious tags intact is the most important thing that a service should offer.

Few links that I found for migration (haven't tried them yet):
http://andyhitchman.github.com/DeliciousToGoogleBookmarks/
http://delicious-to-firefox3.heroku.com/




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