Now Joshua can buy some servers

Just as I was about to write about my desire to replace Delicious due to its lousy performance, I read about its acquisition by Yahoo!. At least Joshua Schachter will now be able to buy enough servers to handle the load. As far as the long-term impact on the search engine balance of power, I don't think the addition of Delicious will help Yahoo! as much as their future commitment to tagging. The move that really matters is a decision by Yahoo! to fully integrate tagging into their search engine, not just My Web. The principal reason to buy Delicious now is obvious, to remove it from the table before it either gets too expensive, or is bought by a competitor. No this isn't bubble mentality, it is a good business decision in a rising market.