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Orkut Still A Contender Reveals Facebook’s IPO Filing!
2012-02-03 12:48:00 Facebook feels that Orkut is still a worthy adversary for it in India. One of the largest, Facebook’s IPO filling keeps revealing many interesting tidbits. We recently wrote about how Facebook actually accepted it had rivals. But considering Orkut to be one of them is, well, amusing in the least. Sure it was a huge rage when Google introduced it. We remember filling in so many fun trivia & quizzes. However, since Facebook reared in India, people have literally forgotten Orkut. While Facebook may consider it a rival lets evaluate; Why? Facebook has named others along with Orkut, such as Cyworld in Korea, Mixi in Japan, vKontakte in Russia & of course Orkut in India as well as Brazil. These are being referred to as Social Networks with Deep Regional Roots. Nonetheless, together they have sizable population of active & passive users attached to them. This has directly affected Facebook’s march in these regions. In their absence Facebook would have garnered considerably...
By: WATblog
Janrain Includes Support For Orkut To Help Brands Tap Indian Market
2011-05-10 13:00:00 Janrain allows brands to provide third party sign in facility to its users. The company’s flagship product, Janrain Engage is used by over 350,000. The latest quarterly report from Janrain showed that Facebook is the most popular login option for most users across all verticals, platforms and regions. But, the report also highlighted that beyond Facebook, the other social networks which were used, were not uniform and were dependent on various factors. This created some obstacles for brands using Janrain Engage. The company is now taking initiatives to do away with this problem. Today morning we received an email from Michael Schwabrow of Janrain, informing us that the company has taken a major step to help brands tap the Indian market. Janrain is now providing support for Orkut and brands would be able to allow their users login using the social network’s credentials. The inclusion of Orkut would not make much difference for international brands but, brands which targe...
By: WATblog
Orkut Trying To Become Facebook? Adds “Like?” Button
2011-03-23 08:11:00 Remember the last visual revamp that Orkut received earlier this month and we told you that it resembles the design of Facebook…we were wrong. Orkut is becoming Facebook. Neither Google is selling it, nor Facebook is acquiring it. But, the next time you visit you Orkut profile you will see something that looks familiar — a Like button! Orkut has also started rolling out the new profile design to its users. So, soon you will be using an Orkut that “looks and feels” like Facebook. The social network has also has a new Twitter account — @orkutindia. So, when do we get to see the Facebook Page? I am sure they will have a good numbre of fans. Joke aside, Orkut’s version of the “Like” button looks different from that of Facebook’s, which it should, and also has a question mark behind it. It’s like, Orkut is asking you whether you “Like” your friend’s stories and you can answer with different smileys. The Faceb...
By: WATblog
Orkut Revamp & Badges, An Attempt To Gain Lost Ground?
2011-03-03 09:15:00 Are you an Orkut Graduate? You can surely become one, now that the social network has announced that they have “launched a new badge for users that have “Graduated” from many of Orkut’s experiences.” This is an extension of “badges” which Orkut had launched in November last year. Users can now collect badges based on their activities on the social network. To get the new Graduate badge users have to: have at least three Groups of Friends use a theme have installed at least one game or app be a member of at least three communities have a public photo album have commented any of your friends’ updates have posted something publicly – a public scrap or a headline, for instance have posted something private – a private scrap to a group of friends It doesn’t end here. The social network had another card up its sleeve. Prepare yourself for a new Orkut experience. The company has made some “simple changes to Orkut’s look a...
By: WATblog
Orkut Promote Gets An Overhaul Even As Facebook Continues To Rule In India
2011-01-12 07:15:00 For those uninitiated, Orkut Promote is a free tool, offered by Google that helps users to spread news on anything to their friends. According to the official Orkut blog, this tool offers the following things: the ability to easily create promotions using text, photos from your Orkut albums, and your original YouTube videos built-in ’spread’ and ‘trash’ features that let you pass on the promotions you like to all of your friends and delete the ones you don’t so that they never show up for you again the ‘my promotions’ tool that shows you how many users have viewed, clicked on, or deleted your promotions, as well as how far they’ve spread the ability to stop or delete a promotion that you’ve created at any time Apart from these, Orkut has just announced yet another feature of this tool. Until now, it has shown promotion by a user to his or her friends, who can then share it with their friends and so on. The new addition wo...
By: WATblog
Orkut Lets You Edit Your Pics With Picnik
2010-12-23 11:45:00 Google has added a new feature to its once popular social networking platform: Orkut. The new feature enables users to edit photos in Orkut photo albums using Picnik, the online photo editing tool. The web app lets you play around with the photo within Orkut. You can Effects, Text, Stickers, add badges (Seasonal) and do some advanced photo editing. A fair number of the features are Premium and require you to upgrade to Picnik Pro. Google just seems to be pushing the premium update on to people. But there is still a fair amount an orkut user can do without upgrading. About Picnik Picnik is an online photo editing service which enables users to edit their photos online without the need of downloading any software. Is this new feature really ‘new’? Picnik can already import photos natively from Facebook, Myspace, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr, Yahoo Image search, in addition to the regular option to upload from a computer or to upload from a website. Picnik has a partnership with Flic...
By: WATblog
Google Pins Hope on Orkut, Rolls Out Users Badges
2010-12-02 06:15:00 Google is still pinning its hope on Orkut, the term that once rocked countries like Brazil and India but is sliding into mere oblivion today. All due to proliferation of the social networking giant Facebook. Unlike Facebook and other social networking sites, it hardly makes news about any new features or offerings. As the ice was getting stronger with each passing day, it had no other option to break it but to roll out a new feature, which is called badges. Users will now be able to collect badges based on their activities on the site. For instance, if you have been on Orkut for more than five years now and are active still, you would win yourself an ‘Early Badge’. On the other hand if you are an active promoter, you will be provided with a ‘Promoter Badge’. Like these, there are six other badges that include Millionaire Community, Graduate, Master, Trendsetter, Super User and Strong Contributor. Once you win a badge, it’s up to you if you want to display it on your pro...
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RockeTalk beats Facebook, Twitter and Orkut on Mobile Phones
2010-10-27 07:39:00 Mobile Analytics company Informate has released a report on Indian mobile usage and Mobile social networking. What they found, may come as a surprise to many. I may have killed the suspense with the title of this post. Nevertheless, the numbers are interesting. Using data over a period of six months, the study finds that RockeTalk is the most used mobile social networking application. Orkut comes in at a respectable second. Followed by Qeep, Facebook and Twitter. Airtel reported recently that almost 80% of data usage happens in non metros. If this pattern of usage is similar on other networks, the findings are not too surprising given that the popularity of Facebook and Twitter is mainly restricted to Metros as of now. But yes, It certainly did surprise me! That the application is designed specifically for mobile usage perhaps explains its popularity. With over 350 million page views per month, 3.2 million Indian users and over 100,000 communities the network draws its main tract...
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Now Update Your Friend’s List On Facebook From Gmail, Orkut!
2010-10-25 07:02:00 Facebook has been in the news for a lot of reasons off late. On the up-side for the social networking website, there have been upgrades like bulk tagging, high-resolution pictures, and a couple of new security features. On the down-side, as usual, Facebook has been hit by security concerns. This time, Facebook applications were found to leak out user IDs to companies. with these new allegations, Facebook had to block LOLapps temporarily, while a law suit was filed against Zynga, one of Facebook’s leading application developers. These security concerns hardly seemed to have ruffled Mark Zuckerberg & Co.’s feathers as Facebook now lets you update your contact list from Gmail and Orkut. [photo facebook-gmail] Integrating Gmail And Orkut with Facebook So just like every other day, I was on Facebook the nth time since morning when something interesting caught my eye. Just above my news feed, there was a Friend Finder notification which told me that the application now wo...
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The Verdict – Facebook Overtakes Orkut In India
2010-08-26 06:14:00 It may seem slightly childish to start a blog post in this fashion but… We Told You So! – Of course, it wasn’t just us, and I certainly took my clues (and data) from a lot of other sources except my gut, and looking at user comments, though few, it remains the general opinion of the populace that Facebook was destined to overtake Orkut in India. And so has it occurred. ComScore has released a new report on traffic to Social Networking sites in India. Funnily, they seem to be quite interested in us; just earlier they’d published a report on finance websites and their growth. Facebook has grown by as astonishing 179% over the last one year. Orkut managed a commendable 16% The data : Over 33 million Internet users age 15 and older in India visited social networking sites in July India now ranks as the seventh largest market worldwide for social networking, The total Indian social networking audience grew 43 percent in the past year, more than trip...
By: WATblog
Facebook Will Dominate Orkut In Social Networking In India – Was Ther
2010-08-19 07:15:00 It’s been well known across the web, that no matter how popular Facebook is, there are two countries where Orkut still dominates – India and Brazil. Around a year back, WATBlog had posted an article on how Facebook was coming close to overtaking Orkut. Over the last one year, the migration from Orkut to Facebook has been steady. If Alexa’s stats are anything to go by, the time spent on Orkut has steadily been decreasing – down by 10% in the last three months. There are a few reasons I believe Facebook will trounce Orkut. 1. The popularity of a social networking site is not just based on how many people it has, but how frequently they engage with others on it. Over the last 2 months, my Facebook feed had around 300 annoying updates every day. Compared to today, when I finally checked my Orkut account (after over 3-4 months) and there were 2 upadtes. 2. Talk about Social Networking online and it’s Facebook. By cleverly eliminating Orkut from the global sc...
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After Facebook, Twitter, And Orkut Accounts, Priyanka Chopra Launches Websi
2010-08-10 09:27:00 Recently, we told you how John Abraham relaunched his website with the help of UTV. Now, hot on his footsteps, Priyanka Chopra has launched her own website. Ms. Chopra is definitely not new to the internet world. The actress already has Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Orkut (Why Priyanka Why?) accounts. As a matter of fact, we had even reported how the former Miss World had more than 200,000 followers, a number which now stands at 560, 151. What is in it for fans? To begin with, there is a “Theres Me” section which has the actress supposedly blogging, and of course Flimography, because after all there has to be a way for her to promote her upcoming movies. Then the “My Style” section shows her shoes, glares, and make up which will of course be “liked” by many women, and will subsequently cost a lot of moolah for their respective partners. The next section is the “Giving” section which talks about Ms. Chopras love for giving back to ...
By: WATblog
New Privacy features on Orkut – Is It Too Late?
2010-06-11 09:21:00 If you start a hashtag called privacy on Twitter, I am sure It will become a trend in no time. Come on, everyone in the world is talking about privacy, as an infant gets excited about a new toy. Latest to join the bandwagon is the almost forgotten but trying hard to get back social networking site, a product of the internet giant Google, our very own Orkut. It started with Facebook facing backlash over privacy and the subsequent changes in control. The average user these days is aghast about privacy as he discovers that his personal information is being used against his wishes. He fumes in rage and starts raising voices against these social networking sites. The result – the sites come out with new features to pacify the wrath to an extent. One feature of Orkut that set it apart from Facebook was the scrap feature. In fact, this was one of the reasons for the downfall of Orkut. Random people started spamming and users felt the need to ascend to another platform and in came Fa...
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Google Round Up: Google TV, Maps Plus Orkut, Transliteration – 5 New
2010-05-05 15:09:00 Google TV Google has plans to introduce an Android-based television software for developers that will help more content from the Internet to be made available on TVs and other devices. The technology is designed to open set-top boxes, TVs and other devices to fetch more useful content for the users from the Internet. Companies like Sony Corp, Intel Corp and Logitech are already very interested in this new Google technology which is planned to be revealed at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco on 19 and 20 May. Google is currently running very limited tests with a television search service that uses a new Google technology to allow users to access and search channels from the Internet as well as Dish’s conventional programming. Maps Plus Orkut No doubt, Google is still trying hard to give Facebook a stiff competition by adding new features from day to day to their social network Orkut. The latest addition is the integration of Google Maps to O...
By: WATblog
Indians still prefers Orkut over Facebook ? Why O Why ?
2010-04-09 12:46:00 Google?s social networking site Orkut is still popular in India even as Facebook seems to have over-powered it in 8 out of 12 Asia-Pacific countries, according to a recent study by Internet audience measurement firm comScore, Inc. In a report on social networking activity in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China), about 50.8% of the total online ...
Orkut Now Available For Your Android Phone
2010-03-19 12:32:00 It seems like more and more social networking is moving from web to the mobile. If the recent launch of the INQ social phone was any indication here comes another announcement this time from the Google stable. Google’s social network Orkut has announced that it is now available for Android phones. As most would know Android is a google OS for phones and most recently came into focus with the launch of Google nexus one. We have blogged before on how Andriod phones are penetrating the Indian market via cheaper pricing. This announcement by orkut aims at riding the android handset market and hopes to become the prefered downloaded app for social networking on Android. How to download? To install the orkut for Android application visit Android Market from your Android device and search for “orkut” under the social applications category. You can also directly scan the QR code given on the orkut blog. Related Posts Acer To Launch Sub 20K Android Phones By Dec 2009 Upda...
By: WATblog
Now Upload Photos To Orkut From Picasa – A Move Towards Killing Orkut
2010-03-04 14:54:00 Google has launched a new feature (which is not a copy of it’s competitor) on their social networking website Orkut by which you can directly upload photos to your Orkut profile and albums right from Picasa – Google’s desktop based photo editing and management tool. Social networks like Orkut are the best place to put up your photos and show them to your friends and get comments on the photos. But at times, the photos we take aren’t quite ready for sharing and need some editing which involves transfering them to a computer for editing and then logging on to orkut to upload them to an album. Such a lengthy process! But now with the help of a cool extension, you can directly upload photos to Orkut from Picasa. All you need to do is just install an orkut button on your Picasa program by downloading the free ‘Share photos on orkut’ plugin. This plugin (for Windows or Mac) makes sharing your photos with your friends as easy as clicking a button. De...
By: WATblog
Google Hopes To Increase Orkut Usage With Orkut Extension for Chrome
2010-01-30 07:55:00 We all know that Facebook has already surpassed Orkut as the most visited social network website in India where Orkut used to be the most visited social network once! The war is still not over and Facebook now wants to leap frog Orkut. Well, not that Orkut kept quiet, they too have taken counter steps to check facebook’s growth but have not made much of a difference. And now Google is trying yet another strategy to give a jump to Orkut’s usage graph by launching a cool orkut extension for Google Chrome Browser (Download). This Orkut extension puts an orkut icon next to Google Chrome browser’s address bar which shows the number of new updates from your friends on Orkut (something Facebook already has had for long). On clicking the icon, you can see a drop-down menu with links to your friends’ profiles and other Orkut links. Some other features of this extension are: a “Share this page” link to help you share interesting content with your friend...
By: WATblog
3 categories of Indian youth and why Orkut is falling
2009-12-30 19:34:00 There is a very interesting report on Indian youth trends at Ingene. What stuck me the categorisation of the Indian youth: 1. The Bharatiyas: 67% of the Indian youth who lives in the rural areas with least influence of globalisation, least economically priviledged and high on traditional values and highly Bollywood influenced. 2. The Indians: 31.% of ...
By: IndiaPRBlog!
Facebook Outshines Orkut In October – Traffic Up by 19%: Vizisense
2009-11-27 12:14:00 ViziSense, an online traffic measurement service for Indian markets has released Traffic stats for October. The Data top-lines the growth registered by portals mostly frequented by Indian netizens. All growth figures are based on M-o-M (Month-on-Month) stats. Overall reach: Google has 70 percent reach in the Indian market closely followed by Yahoo at 59%. Orkut registered 36.5% reach, YouTube – 26.1%, Rediff – 25%, Facebook – 24.8% and Microsoft – 22.5%. Category-Wise Stats: Social Networking: Facebook was the major winner as it logged 19.35% increase in unique users to 10.2 million compared to an increase of just 4% in Orkut’s Traffic at 15.5 million. WATBlog has been keeping a close watch on Facebook’s growth in India. LinkedIn too registered a 3.70% increase while at BharatStudent traffic was seen tumbling down by 6.92% at 2.42 million users. Ibibo recorded flat growth. This clearly implies the major action is still amongst International so...
By: WATblog
New Orkut Launched With Many Facebook-Twitter Like Features – We Revi
2009-10-30 04:58:00 We had reported that Orkut was to ape twitter’s status updates feature and so it has with the launch of the new orkut. Orkut sent me a mailer with an invite to check out the new orkut. They have setup an orkut group for all those folks who want to try out the new orkut here. There is also an animated video describing whats new in the new orkut (Caution: I found the video rather irritating!) So whats ‘NEW’ with Orkut? 1) “What are you upto?” feature? As many of you would know orkut never had a status update feature. It always had a USP in scraps which turned into spam posts with malicious links pretty soon. While facebook and twitter have had status updates as the key feature which has worked well for both of them. This move by orkut can be called ‘playing catch up’ to the growing trend of status updates. Click screenshot of status updates below: 2) Friend Suggestion Feature The friend suggestion feature was another winner at facebook in co...
By: WATblog
Orkut Stops Migration To Facebook – Contradicts Google’s Policies
2009-10-27 09:13:00 The mission statement of the Google data liberation front reads as follows: “Users should be able to control the data they store in any of Google’s products. Our team’s goal is to make it easier to move data in and out.” However it seems that all this was nothing in the prospect of losing consumers. Sometime back ago face book launched their export tool, which enabled users of Orkut to export their contact information including their email ids to facebook, however as soon as this happened, the feature developed a bug, which according to Goggle happened as they were upgrading the feature to offer enhanced security . When the feature came back, users were in for a surprise, the feature had everything but the email ids, i.e. You could export a plethora of information but not the email ids, hence making the tool completely useless. The official stand of Google on this is - “Mass exportation of email is not standard on most social networks — when ...
By: WATblog
All Good Things Come To An End (The Death Of Inside Orkut)
2009-10-24 20:55:00 Well, if you probably have not noticed, I have not been posting here recently. ;-) I'm officially shutting down this blog, although I will leave the site up as a reference to others (as people are still contacting me with questions!).Anyways, for those of you seeking to get an Orkut fix, here are a few resources you can check out:The Official Orkut Blog: Run by googlers (of course), the official blog documents the latest features from the team--as well as some insight into the world of all things Google.Orkut Plus: Run by Gaurav, this site features some of the best hacks for Orkut. A must read for the Orkut addict.Orkut Heros: Founded by Zazo, this blog highlights many of the talented individuals who use Orkut daily. It's also a great way for outsiders to check out "orkut culture" (which is very different from MySpace and Facebook).Orkut.com: Need I say more? ;-)As for me, I'll be blogging upon my personal site (which is now powered by WordPress), as well as tweeting on twitter (...
By: Inside Orkut
Facebook Overtakes Orkut in India!
2009-10-20 14:35:00 Orkut and Facebook has been a favourite topic for most of us here. Who’s winning? Who WILL win? What’s the future of social networking in India? Recently, there was a huge furore over Facebook promoting itself in India by urging people to add their Orkut Friends. Then Orkut blocked their nifty little tool, so on and so forth. Look at any mention of Orkut news that we’ve covered, you’ll find subtle or obvious comparisons with facebook. With Facebook dominating almost EVERY other country, India and Brazil were Orkut’s last bastion. And that has now crumbled. As of today, Facebook is India’s fourth most popular site. Orkut.co.in lags at Number 5. What does that mean? Are more Indians now on Facebook? The last stats showed that Orkut had a huge majority when it came to volume? Now, to the extent that my knowledge of Alexa’s system goes, it records not the number of visitors registered on a site, but it checks the frequency of visits, numbe...
By: WATblog
Updated: After Facebook Is Orkut Trying To Ape Twitter Too?
2009-10-14 14:45:00 Update: On contacting google we got the following reply - “Our constant endeavor is to provide an enhanced online experience for Orkut users and we will continue to work towards it. However, we have nothing new to announce at this point in time.” GOOGLE SPOKESPERSON Original Post: Twitter seems to have caught the imagination of one and all. Just a few hours ago we reported that twitter has tied up with airtel to provide sms updates for tweets in India. Now it seems the next flattery for twitter comes in the form of imitation by Orkut (which still is the largest social network in India). First reported by Googlesystem blog the screenshot below showcases a yet to be released new UI screenshot of Orkut. This screenshot appeared on the home page of the brazil based site for Google Chrome downloads. It does certainly look like a new orkut is in the works and soon to be launched. As the screenshot shows it does look like a status update services will be the way Orkut would go as we...
By: WATblog
Orkut Launches Video Chat Feature – Will This Counter The Facebook Th
2009-09-16 10:54:00 Now that we have had so many social networks jostling for market shares, it is time to stop and wonder how many of these social networks have introduced features that have actually helped in the core concept – of making social networking easier. In the recent past, we have had Facebook clone Twitter’s tagging functionality and Twitter striving to compete with Google on real search while still calling itself a social network to fight Facebook. I just wonder if any of these is going to make social networking easier? Yes, these are still the leaders in social networking and that is probably why Orkut, a niche geography player in the social networking has taken the next move in making networking easy with the introduction of video chat. Orkut’s prime market is in India and Brazil, and currently only India is a threatened market while in Brazil, their market share is still sitting pretty at 96% The launch however is not a surprise. Orkut had launched a chat feature tha...
By: WATblog
‘Orkut Promote’ – An Attempt To Thwart Facebook’s Growth In Eme
2009-08-19 13:24:00 A few months ago we blogged about introduction of upcoming ‘Orkut Promote’ feature on Orkut and also explained in detail regarding the Monetization plans undertaken by Orkut. We also undertook a growth comparison of Orkut vs facebook in India. Now Orkut has announced that it has started rolling out ‘Orkut Promote’ to its audiences although Indian audiences may have to wait for few months to start using the feature. What is it that ‘Orkut Promote’ does? It allows users to create self-promotion campaigns on Orkut. It also adds the ability to easily create promotions using text, photos from your orkut albums, and YouTube videos It has built-in ’spread’ and ‘trash’ features that let you pass on the promotions you like to friends and delete the ones you don’t so that they never show up for you again The promote feature has inbuilt analytics to measure audience responses to it. It can record total views, clicks and deletion generated b...
By: WATblog
Orkut Asks Users to Stop Using IE 6: A Very Good Idea
2009-08-11 20:24:00 I don’t have IE 6 on my system so couldn’t really check on this bit, but there’s no reason to doubt Mashable anyway. So in an interesting move, Orkut greeted its visitors suggesting them to upgrade their existing IE 6 browser to something more modern. On Google’s part they did well to not just push Chrome but also IE 8 and Firefox, in fact it put IE 8 as the first choice for users to click on for a better browsing experience. Why this call for upgrade – well for most of us who read (and write at WATBlog) it’s really a no brainer, IE 6 is old and grumpy enough to not doesn’t display sites properly. It’s not just the speed or lack of tabs and apps though. Open any web stylesheet and you will find either a hack, or a patch for IE 6. In other words it makes matters difficult for web designers and developers to experiment on the web without having to make special accommodations for an old browser. Orkut has predominant usage in India and B...
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Google’s New ‘Ah..huh’ Feature - Face Detection In Orkut
2009-07-21 07:55:00 Everybody loves photographs. It reminds them of the precious moments they had spent with their loved ones. Most of the users on Orkut, Facebook use album features where they can share their priceless moments with their friends. With the evolution and huge adoption of digital cameras number of photos clicked by individuals have increased exponentially. With this huge number of photographs comes the headache of organizing them. I have a collection of more than 5 GB of snaps which are still unorganized and scares me when I think of organizing them. Google seems to have come up with a solution to this problem. Soon it is going to launch automated photo tagging feature with the help of its revolutionary face detection technique. This face detection feature will be applied on all new snaps uploaded on Orkut Albums. With this feature Orkut will be able to detect the faces in the photograph and tag them accordingly. They try to detect the faces based on various unique features like eyes, n...
By: WATblog
Google Launches Friend Connect In Hindi - Also Integrates Orkut Friends
2009-07-16 06:01:00 We had blogged about how Facebook was using its connect tool to connect with publishers and also seeing considerable success with the same. Now it seems even Google wants to do the same and has taken a step forward by launching the Google Friend Connect product in 47 new languages including Hindi. Friend Connect adds social features to publishers’ sites and is similar to Facebook connect. Here is our comparison of the two connect tools. Well, Google hasn’t stopped at just launching the Hindi version. It has gone ahead and integrated Friend Connect with Orkut, allowing users to bring their Orkut friendships on the sites. One can now login to Friend Connect using his/her Orkut credentials and can also link your Orkut account and all your details would be pulled in from your Orkut account including all of the Orkut friends you’ve already made. The Fight For The Social Graph Ownership This is a fight for the ownership of users social interactions beyond one’s...
By: WATblog
Facebook Usage in India Grows as Orkut lags behind
2009-07-02 20:40:00 Insidefacebook reports that based on the data from Facebook?s advertiser tools facebook has been explosively growing for last two months in India. Starting about 60 days ago, Facebook?s growth began accelerating rapidly in both Brazil and India, growing several times faster in May and June than it did in March and April. - InsideFacebook While Facebook has been ...
Facebook takes on Orkut in India
2009-07-02 13:39:00 by Pranav Agarwal Facebook vs Orkut. Which one of these do you have an account in? Chances are, both. Orkut was an early entrant into the Indian Social Networking Scenario. Facebook, which arrived much later, however seems to grabbed quite some attention. Though both were launched at the same time, Facebook was initially not very popular in India. Facebook has already generated waves across the world by becoming the No. 1 Social Networking site in the USA overtaking one-time market leader, Myspace and becoming THE most popular site in Indonesia Well, just to go over the Orkut and the Facebook battle for the grater number of users in india, Orkut still leads. Orkut leads with 13 million users, while Facebook has just 3.2 million users in India. Moreover, the traffic ranks of these social networking sites also reflect the dominance of Orkut over Facebook in India. Orkut has a traffic rank of 4 whereas Facebook has come up to the 8th spot in the overall Alexa traffic rank for India. ...
By: WATblog
How to Hide or Remove Ads on MySpace and Orkut Easily
2009-06-30 07:53:00 You can remove or hide ads on social networking sites like Orkut and MySpace in a simple way. Orkut, which is popular in India and Brazil introduced a banner ad which is shown in the in the place where it used to show list of your friends. MySpace is very famous social networking site ... Related posts:How to Secure Your Orkut Profile Account and Prevent it from Getting HackedHow To Make Your Own Orkut ThemesWindows XP Update Remover – Uninstall & Remove Windows UpdatesCreate your own Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or YouTube Ribbons with Social Ribbon GeneratorFree Orkut ThemesOrkut Trick – Add a Formatting Bar to Orkut ScrapBook
Orkut Promote - A StumbleUpon like Solutions for Viral Marketing on the Pop
2009-06-20 08:22:00 Orkut has launched a new feature called Orkut Promote. It has been developed to help brands and marketers use the viral potential that Orkut provides with its numbers to their advertisement’s advantage. Google had recently announced an exclusive focus on Orkut monetization in India and Brazil (their biggest and perhaps the only markets left). What is Orkut Promote? Many of you already know about how Digg, Stumble Upon function, especially the latter. Orkut Promote treats ads the same way as content on these sites. So basically, users get to promote or thrash an ad on the system, and suggest the same to their friends if they find it good or engaging enough. This way the more an ad gets shared the more people it can reach to and thus make the most of the site’s huge numbers (which now adds up almost to 13 million). Orkut Promote will be another tab to your Orkut profile page and Google will use the tab to display promotions from both advertisers and other Orkut users (i.e....
By: WATblog
Mass scrap Orkut by lopes
2009-06-13 17:23:00 My budget for this task is $20,00. Tell me how many profiles you can get scrapped for it. The profiles scrapped must be related to a specific city I will tell later on. (Budget: $30-250, Jobs: ASP, Data Entry, Javascript, SEO, Web Promotion)
Google Woos Advertisers To Advertise On Orkut - Launches Solutions For Larg
2009-06-10 07:55:00 Google has invited advertisers to advertise on Orkut via its blog and also announced a dedicated page for advertisers to know why to advertise one orkut. The only two dedicated pages of geographies for advertising are Brazil and India and there is a generic page for the rest of the world. This shows that India is among the top two advertising markets for orkut and given the growth in digital advertising it probably is the no.1 market. Also the recent launch of a mobile downloadable app for most java phones also points at the growing importance of Indian users and the need to serve the next generation of users whose first access point could very well be the mobile. Here are the statistics disclosed by orkut regarding its Indian userbase for advertisers: 13 million active Indians 5 billion page views from India Average user visits site 10 times a month and spends 13 minutes per visit Over 53% of the audience is under 25 years of age while 31% is between the age group of 25 -34 years ...
By: WATblog
Orkut Launches Downloadable App - Too Little Too Late Or Perfect Timing?
2009-06-05 20:09:00 Orkut yesterday announced the beta launch of the orkut mobile application, a downloadable app for Java-enabled phones (including popular phones like the Nokia N95, Nokia 6300, and Sony Ericsson W580i). Orkut is one of the top visited sites via mobile as per the state of the mobile web report that Opera releases every quarter. So its no surprise that orkut saw the need to further compound this activity via mobile by launching downloadable app. On can install the app by pointing ones mobile browser to m.google.com/orkut. The app allows you to do the following * Upload photos to orkut on-the-go, directly from your phone. * View scraps, friends’ updates, and photo albums while you’re offline. * Share your orkut albums with all of your friends whether they use orkut or not (via SMS). * Easily call or SMS your orkut friends and address book contacts from within the app. * Get automatic updates when your friends change their contact information or orkut profiles. Orkut has a...
By: WATblog
Rumor: Orkut To Join Google Apps For Your Domain
2009-04-14 01:34:00 (Hat Tip: Computerworld)Dave Girouard, who is in charge of Google's Enterprise group has announced on his Twitter account that Google is working on bringing every service it has to the Google Account--except for the ones that went extinct.(Dave Girouard) We're working to give you access to every damn Google service with a Google Apps account - yep every damn one of them. Um, maybe not Lively.While I am not sure by everything he means everything (as I doubt Google would add YouTube to the Google Apps arena), Orkut would be a nice addition for small businesses located in Brazil and India--not to mention bloggers as well (as it would compliment Google's Blog*Spot service).If this rumor does have some truth to it, hopefully Google will consider giving Orkut admins the ability to change the color schemes, as not everyone is a fan of baby blue (as one only has to visit the Google Internet Bus forum to see what I mean).Content Copyright 2005-2009 of Inside Orkut. All Rights Reserved. V...
By: Inside Orkut
Heh! Illegal Orkut App Allows You To Download YouTube Videos (For Free)
2009-02-16 02:13:00 While there are many places one can download YouTube videos for free, the last place I thought I would ever see one would be on Orkut--especially since Google has started to crack down on third party sites.Simply called YouTube Video Downloader, this app allows you to download any YouTube video, although the format will be in .flv format (which you can convert to something a little bit friendlier with the help of Convert Direct).Now that YouTube has (finally) allowed users to download videos (in high quality too!), I would not be surprised to see this app pulled, although I doubt that Google's lawyers will be able to go after them as the creators posted a legal disclaimer telling you not to download YouTube videos.(YouTube Video Downloader) Here I would like to warn that NEVER DOWNLOAD ANY VIDEOS FROM YOUTUBE. THIS IS ILLEGAL AND AGAINST GOOGLE'S POLICY. USE THIS POST FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.Exit question: How long do you think this app will remain up? I give it 48 hours. :-...
By: Inside Orkut
Orkut Premium Themes (Good Idea Or Great Idea?)
2009-02-09 14:30:00 A long, long time ago in a place not too far away (at least online), Google introduced Orkut holiday themes to the masses.Sometimes called Orkut templates or Orkut skins, these themes became so popular they inspired hackers/artists to design hundreds of their own with a little help from GreaseMonkey and Firefox. (note: there is even an Orkut app for Orkut themes as well).While its good to see both the official Orkut themes and hacked themes appear online (as staring at the baby blue background gets old after awhile), neither of them gives users the freedom to publicly customize their profiles to their tastes (as the hacked themes are only visible to you within Firefox).Since Google is unlikely to give users the complete freedom to change their Orkut profiles (despite the fact that there is a growing demand for customized Orkut themes), they may want to consider creating an Orkut Theme market where web designers/hackers can apply (and create) free and premium themes for users everywh...
By: Inside Orkut
Orkut Help Migrating Away From Google Groups?
2009-01-30 04:51:00 It looks like the Google lords have had their fill of Google Groups, and are planning on migrating away from Google usernet forum towards something a little bit more professional.Vandini Ravindran, an Orkut Guide breaks the news over in the Official Orkut Help Group.(Orkut Help Forum) Hi everyone, We're in the process of moving the orkut Help Group from Google Groups to a new platform that offers a number of features our users have requested. The Forum in Google Groups will be closed to posting once we've made the switch, but will still be available as an archive of all the great information you've shared.Some of the features the new forum will provide: - Question & answer format to help you find answers quickly - Better spam detection and prevention - Public recognition of Top Contributors and frequent posters I'll make sure to post another announcement as soon as the new forum launches, but wanted to give you all a heads up so that the change doesn't take you completely b...
By: Inside Orkut
Happy Birthday Orkut!! (Glad You Still Exist)
2009-01-25 00:23:00 (Hat Tip: Orkut Sharing and Orkut Plus)Five years ago, a Googler from the great nation of Turkey created Google's first official social network.Since his last name Büyükkökten was fairly hard to pronounce (at least to the average American), Google decided to name their new social network after his first name, Orkut instead (at least according to the rumors).Despite the fact that it failed to succeed in the US (MySpace and Facebook dominate here), Orkut somehow later on took off in both Brazil and India--and was even given "Google love" on the homepage for a short season.Although Orkut has gone through many changes ranging from a (desperately needed) site redesign, to Orkut apps to launching Orkut mobile for smart phones (including the iPhone), the site has kept its simple yet functional design, making the site very enjoyable to use.While I can only guess what 2009 holds for Orkut's future, I am glad that Google gave Orkut a chance early on as it is one of the few site...
By: Inside Orkut
Will Google Shut Down Orkut?
2009-01-19 03:18:00 (Hat Tip: TechCrunch and Search Engine Land)Unless you have been living a geek free life, you have probably heard about Google closing down Dodgeball, Mashup Editor, Jaiku (which will live on in the open source wilderness), as well as choking uploads to Google Video and removing support for Google Notebooks.This wave of shutdowns surprised many people, causing some to wonder if Google will close down other popular (yet expensive) services--Orkut included.While it is impossible to know which services Google may shut down (unless one is a Googler themselves), here are a few reasons why I think the search engine giant may decide to keep Orkut alive instead of killing it off in order to survive the upcoming recession.Orkut has influence: Despite failing in America, Orkut is very popular in both Brazil and India. If one were to look at global trends, Orkut comes in 9th place (according to comScore) when it comes to unique visitors.If Google ever did shut down Orkut, there would...
By: Inside Orkut
Have The Orkut Wars Begun? (India Verses Pakistan)
2009-01-13 02:54:00 Personally I am not too thrilled about seeing this on Orkut, but here is the general gist of the story (from what I can gather from various emails, a few orkut scraps, etc.).Last month, there were reports that a group calling themselves HMG (note: what does HMG stand for?) had successfully hacked the Islamic Republic of Pakistan orkut forum (or IRP for short), which may have been a response to the Mumbai attacks that shocked India (and the world) two months ago.When I first heard about the Orkut hack, I was hoping that Google would be able to restore access to the original owners of the forum (as Google has done previously when Orkut forums were hacked en mass).Unfortunately it seems as if the original owner of the Orkut forum, Arzoo (whose profile is no longer working) was deleted, allowing for any member of the forum to "simply inherit" the rights to the IRP community.Many former members of IRP have since created two other Orkut forums (although both communities are...
By: Inside Orkut
Roadies 6.0 Orkut Profiles
2009-01-12 15:30:00 Are you a MTV Roadies Fan? Will you love to see and chat with your heroes and chicks on MTV Roadies 6.0 Hell Down Under? If Yes! Then this is the post you were waiting for?Get ready to meet MTV Roadies Hell Down Under Participants on Orkut..MTV Roadies 6.0 - ParticipantsHell Mates!TamannaRoop BhinderPradeep SinghNeha KapoorPuneet Malhotra (Sufi)Nauman SaifSuzanna MukharjeeI am not sure if the source was able to find links of other participants. Just in case you are a Roadies Freak..You should check this cool blog dedicated to MTV Roadies 6.0[Via World of Vampire]Related articles by ZemantaAfter Bigg Boss, Ashutosh is going to BollywoodAkshay Kumar flags off MTV Roadies show --If you like this post, then please subscribe to my Also you can Subscribe by Email so that new posts will be sent to your inbox. PRIYANKA CHOPRA TOO HOT TRY THESE HAIRCUTS
What Will Orkut Do In 2009? (Any Takers?)
2008-12-31 04:01:00 With 2008 coming to a close and Orkut celebrating the new year with a few new themes, some are probably wondering what the future may hold for Google's original social network.This past year alone Google added a bunch of features to Orkut ranging from chatting (via Google Talk) to mobile (for regular cell phones, the iPhone and Symboan smart phones), to finally enabling private forums (a feature police may not like) as well as the ability to easily share images with your friends.While we can only imagine what the boys and girls at Google will do as far as Orkut is concerned, here is my educated guess as to what Google will have accomplished by the end of 2009.10,000 20,000 Orkut Apps!Google has already crossed the 1,000 app thresh hold (they are at 1,668) and at this rate I will be surprised if they have not passed 20,000 Orkut apps (let alone 10,000).Hopefully by then we will have categories to make it easier to sort/locate/organize apps by our tastes.Forum Subscriptions (via...
By: Inside Orkut
Orkut Releases New Year's Theme For India And Brazil (But None For America?
2008-12-30 04:00:00 With 2008 quickly coming to an end, it looks like Google has been rolling out its new holiday theme for Indian and Brazilian users (which makes sense as the majority of Orkut users come from these countries).Here is a snapshot of what the Brazilian theme looks like courtesy of Gaurav Dua of Orkut Plus fame.I am not yet seeing this in my profile, although I have not heard any of my American friends via Orkut status mention this at all (which could indicate that Google may be skipping out on their friends in the US :-( ).If anyone else sees this in their profile, feel free to tease me about in the comment section below (as well as share you likes/dislikes about the theme).Exit Question: Since Google seems to be geo-locking themes, does this mean that they are giving up on Orkut appealing to Americans?Content Copyright 2005-2009 of Inside Orkut. All Rights Reserved. Violators (and hosts) can be prosecuted under national and international laws.
By: Inside Orkut
Meebo Plus Orkut Equals Group Community Chats?
2008-12-29 05:16:00 (Hat Tip: Kaushik of Blakut.com-)While there are many ways you can chat on Orkut (whether through Orkut apps like Unype or via Google Talk), this is the first one that I have seen that allows members of a specific Orkut forum to chat together in one single place.Called Chat n Play, this Orkut App is powered by Meebo (which is a website that allows users to chat from Yahoo!, MSN, Gtalk, etc., without downloading any software).In order for Orkut forum admins, (or even an active user) to enable group chat, all they have to do is highlight and copy their Orkut forum number,......then click on the Community Chat Rooms link......then paste it into the Community ID box as seen in the example below.After that hit the Create Room button and watch as your groups forum appears. :-)This should prove as a useful tool for Orkut community members (as it could help cut down on those short responses within forums).Note: It looks as if this Orkut app already has a clone (as yo...
By: Inside Orkut
Orkut Buyukkokten uses mac!
2008-12-23 12:35:00 Picture from a recently concluded PanIIT
By: Serendipity
Dear Google, We Need Orkut Categories For Orkut Apps!
2008-12-09 18:16:00 Now that the search engine king's favorite social network has gained well over 1,000 Orkut apps (1306 as of this post), I think it's time for Google to seriously consider adding categories to make it easier to find new Orkut apps to add to our profiles.Although you can always find new apps from your friends (or by searching), this seems to be a rather inefficient way to discover new apps (as you may not always want to add apps based on your friends tastes and needs).Google already does this with several other services that they own (such as YouTube, Google Books and even for Orkut communities), so they might want to consider doing the same thing for Orkut apps in order to make finding them a little easier.------------------Exampl-e------------------Lets say an Orkut user is interested in playing games at work (note: I would not recommend doing this unless you want to lose your job!).Instead of simply doing a search for games over on the Orkut app directory, they could sim...
By: Inside Orkut
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