Yahoo expands its Web 2.0 empire with del.icio.us

December 9, 2005 | Michael Bazeley | Comments | |

We were joking with someone at the Web 2.0 conference this year about whether they should rename the conference next year to Yahoo 2.0, since the company seems hell-bent on scooping up every popular Web 2.0 company. It’s becoming less of a joke. Today, Jeremy Zawodny announces that Yahoo has acquired del.icio.us, the social bookmarking start-up that helped popularize tagging. Fred Wilson must be happy. Yeesh. Who’s next?

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  • It would be a stupendous piece of reporting if you guys could come up with a price (or range) for this deal!
  • Funny story. Yahoo is doing great.
  • Yahoo is definitely doing better, but I still question this purchase. I think it was the wrong way to go.

    It is definitely not a follower mover, but the growth rates are way over estimated given the over competitive nature of the space del.cio.us is in!
  • Anonymous
    I heard it was around 28 million.