Yahoo Buzz will be closed

Yahoo will shut down its Buzz story-rating service on April 21, the company announced Monday.

Yahoo Buzz went public in November 2008. The service allowed users to "see and share updates such as when they've uploaded photos, changed their status, buzzed up a news story or posted a new restaurant review, all from Yahoo," the company said at the time.

Webmaster could add a "Buzz Up" button to their Web site and readers who wanted to Buzz an article that did not have the Buzz button attached could submit it directly on the Yahoo Buzz Web site. PCMag and its blogs were among the 100 sites that participated in the alpha trial for the service when it launched in February 2008.

In December, there were reports that Yahoo was shutting down several of its Web properties, including Delicious, Yahoo Buzz, and AltaVista, according to a Yahoo presentation slide that was posted on Twitter. Yahoo confirmed at that point that it would shut down Yahoo Buzz, its Traffic APIs and other products, but did not provide a timeline.

Delicious, however, denied that it was shutting down, and insisted that it was instead shopping for a home outside of Yahoo. In March, Business Insider reported that Yahoo was nearing a deal to sell Delicious for $1-2 million.
Sources:pcmag.com