The change has been long awaited, as many have been talking about the new site ever since [[Yahoo!]] provided a private preview back in September 6, 2007.TechCrunch: Screen Shots and Feature Overview of Delicious 2.0 Preview(September 6, 2007) TechCrunch: Delicious 2.0 Launches(July 31, 2008)

• "The old back-end was getting creaky under the load of five million users."—The Delicious TeamDelicious Blog: Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here (July 31, 2008)
• "We’ve moved to a new infrastructure that makes every page faster. This new platform will keep up with traffic growth while ensuring Delicious is responsive and reliable."—The Delicious TeamDelicious Blog: Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here (July 31, 2008)
• "We’ve completely overhauled our search engine to make it faster and more powerful.You can search within one of your tags, another user’s public bookmarks or your social network."—The Delicious TeamDelicious Blog: Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here (July 31, 2008)
• "Our goal has been to keep the new design similar in spirit to the old one, so all of you veterans should be able to jump in without any confusion. At the same time, we’re hoping that newcomers to Delicious will find it easier to learn."—The Delicious TeamDelicious Blog: Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here (July 31, 2008)