The Founders of YouTube take over Delicious

If you have not seen this yet, Yahoo! had just announced that Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Delicious is asking their users to head over their site, login and approve the transfer of their bookmarks to the new owner.

Just to be informed that users do not have to worry about their bookmarks because they are safe and they are working on transition plan specifics right now.

After you are logged into Delicious, you will be asked to approve the move to its new home. Below are the messages displayed from the first time you log back into Delicious.com.

Delicious is moving to a new home

Yahoo! is excited to announce that Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, they have firsthand experience enabling millions of users to share their experiences with the world. Delicious will become part of their new Internet company, AVOS.

To continue using Delicious, you must agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to AVOS.

Reasons to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks

As soon as you let Yahoo! move your Delicious account, you will:

• Enjoy uninterrupted use of Delicious.
• Keep your Delicious account and all your bookmarks.
• Keep the same look and feel of Delicious as you have today, and enjoy future innovations for the product.

It’s easy to have Yahoo! move your account to AVOS. When you do, you will be subject to the AVOS terms of service and privacy policy.

What happens if you do not move your bookmarks?

• Delicious in its current form will be available until approximately July 2011.
• After that, you will no longer be able to use your existing Delicious account and will not have access to your existing bookmarks or account information.

To learn more about moving your bookmarks, click here.