Yahoo have decided to shut down MyWeb starting March 18, 2009. Known as a social bookmarking site, MyWeb has allowed its users to save, share and discover bookmarks. However, the existence of other applications such as Yahoo Bookmarks and Delicious have rendered MyWeb useless.
It is with this reason that Yahoo decided to shut down the application. After all, why keep an application if it does the same service. It is true that it may be a significant social bookmarking area. It may even contribute an extra backlink for SEOs. But MyWeb is not really a popular bookmarking site to begin with. Yahoo took this into consideration as they track the traffic from the three applications: MyWeb, Yahoo Bookmarks and Delicious.
On the bright side, a lot of improvements can be expected from Yahoo who promises to devote their time to Delicious this 2009. There will also be a clear distinction between Delicious and Yahoo Bookmarks from now on because Delicious will be taking care of public bookmarks while Yahoo Bookmarks will be taking care of the private. There will also be an export option available so users can quickly ship their bookmarks to different sites in a snap.
There are also some good news for the current MyWeb users. First, they do not need to worry about their bookmarks being lost. Yahoo decided to stash them away in Yahoo Bookmarks. So the links will still be intact. Second, their bookmark button and badge can be easily substituted by Delicious. And third, Yahoo have provided a feedback page for MyWeb users who will encounter problem during the move.
Yahoo MyWeb was launched back in 2005 with the goal of helping its users discover new links. With no significant increase in users, the application will be shut down even if it is just on Beta stage.
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