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Yahoo! Unloads Delicious

Small Business Mavericks

Unloads Delicious Yesterday, the Internet’s largest has been – Yahoo! – sold Delicious. So I suppose they had the money to buy the struggling social bookmarking website. Delicious is one of the early forerunners of social bookmarking. Do the names Chad Hurley and Steve Chen mean anything?

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Delicious Acquired by YouTube Founders

Mindjumpers

Tweet Yesterday it was announced that Youtube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen has acquired the social bookmarking platform Delicious, which has been owned by Yahoo since 2005. The new owners are committed running and improving Delicious going forward. After that information on Delicious will be moved over to the new owners.

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Not So Delicious

Social Media Marketing

Yahoo has decided to sunset some of its services, and that includes social bookmarking site Delicious. But before you panic about Delicious, it looks like there may be a future for them after all - just not at Yahoo. In their own blog, Delicious states that they will in fact remain open for business - just not with Yahoo.

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YouTube At A Crossroads: Social Media Network or Streaming Service?

Ignite Social Media

As our teams dove into Q4 research at the beginning of the year, we notice that our data partner, GWI (formerly known as GlobalWebIndex), recently moved YouTube out of the ‘social media network’ category and into the ‘streaming service’ category. YouTube As A Social Media Network.

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Airbnb Social Media Strategy: Sharing Stories, Building Community

Keyhole.co

The company also recorded a whopping $2.2 In this exponential success, social media played a significant role. But how did they hit the marketing bullseye with their social handles? That’s why the company played on the aspirational aspect of beautiful houses, which their social media profiles reflect clearly.

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How to Manage Social Media Profiles

yMarketingMatters

The top bookmarking sites are StumbleUpon , Digg and Delicious. Then there is your company blog; it is seemingly a fulltime job. Little wonder that business owners become overwhelmed when it comes to managing social media. This article will offer tips on how businesses can manage social media activities.

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4 Examples of Great Social Media Content and What You Can Learn From Them

Ignite Social Media

If one thing is guaranteed when it comes to social media, it’s that content on the feed will never be in short supply. In just one day, users will scroll through 300 feet of content on social media – that’s enough content to span the height of the Statue of Liberty. Frozen II Max Width Video Pin.

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