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title: Yahoo buys del.icio.us
date: "2005-12-09T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 475
description: I'm noting Yahoo's acquisition of the social bookmarking pioneer del.icio.us. This significant Web 2.0 event highlights the growing importance of user-generated tagging and community-driven content organization during the mid-2000s.
keywords: [yahoo, del.icio.us, social bookmarking, web 2.0, acquisitions, tagging]
---

[Yahoo buys del.icio.us](http://blog.del.icio.us/blog/2005/12/yahoo.html).