Del.icio.us back up after power failure

Social bookmarking website Del.icio.us has needed to rebuild some of its databases after it was crippled by a power failure.

The site's blog said: "Due to the power outage earlier in the week, we are dealing with a number of continued hiccups. We've taken everything offline to properly rebuild and restore everything. I apologize and hope to have this resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued patience."

The outage came after news that the site, which helps users to compile and share links to their favourite internet sites, was bought by Yahoo.

Site founder Joshua Schachter announced news of the purchase, saying: “We're proud to announce that del.icio.us has joined the Yahoo! family. Together we'll continue to improve how people discover, remember and share on the internet, with a big emphasis on the power of community. We're also excited to be joining our fraternal twin Flickr!”

Photo sharing site Flickr was also bought by Yahoo last March. Del.icio.us and Flickr both rely on 'tagging’, which lets internet users assign identifying tags to photos or bookmarks, making the content easier to list and be found by new visitors.

Jeremy Zawodny, engineer at Yahoo‘s Search group, said: “Just like we've done with Flickr, we plan to give del.icio.us the resources, support, and room it needs to continue growing the service and community."