My Web

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My Web
Type of site
Social Bookmarking website
FoundedJune 2005
Dissolved2009[1]
OwnerYahoo!
URLMyweb.yahoo.com
RegistrationFree
Current statusDefunct

My Web was a social bookmarking website launched by Yahoo! in June 2005.[2] It allowed users to bookmark a web page, along with a description, either just for him/herself, for selected contacts or for everyone. The user could also add tags so that other users could search for tags and see the bookmarked site. Users could add contacts to their My Web account, which allowed them to view the user's tags and also some tags that the viewer submitted.

In late 2006, Yahoo! introduced an improved Yahoo! Bookmarks service, with a tagging facility, and encouraged My Web users to transfer their bookmarks to this service.

In February 2009, Yahoo! announced plans to shut down MyWeb on March 18, 2009. MyWeb bookmarks are automatically available for use within Yahoo! Bookmarks, and users were encouraged to switch to Delicious if they preferred a social bookmarking experience.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gross, Doug (October 26, 2009). "Say farewell to GeoCities, the vintage Web-hosting site". CNN. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009.
  2. ^ "Search, with a little help from your friends". www.ysearchblog.com. June 28, 2005. Archived from the original on July 1, 2005.