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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › OrkutOrkut - Wikipedia

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   Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google. The service was designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. The website was named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. Orkut was one of the most visited websites in India and Brazil in 2008.

2. www.orkut.comorkut

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   orkut. Hi there, I’m Orkut. Seventeen years ago I started a little social network while I was an engineer at Google. In just a few years, that social network - orkut.com - grew to a community of over 300 million people.

3. www.forbes.com › 2014/06/30 › google-kills-orkutGoogle Finally Shuts Down Orkut, Its First Social Network

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   Google will shut Orkut down at the end of September, the company said Monday in a blog post. Users can export their profiles and other information using Google Takeout until then.

4. www.vox.com › 2014/6/30 › 11628448Flashing Back to 2004 As Orkut Fades Away a Decade Later

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   Jun 30, 2014 · Google announced today that its decade-old social network Orkut would be shut down. The long-suffering social network had withstood the fact that its user base was primarily in Brazil at a time...

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5. www.failory.com › google › orkutWhat Was Orkut and Why Was it Discontinued? - Failory

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   Orkut – named after its creator Orkut Büyükkökten - was one of the first social media services out there. It came out even before Facebook did! It provided users with some well-known options - having an account, adding friends, sharing activities, pictures, or videos, sending personal messages, etc.

6. support.google.com › orkutOrkut Help - Google Help

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   Orkut was officially shut down on September 30, 2014, but you can view public community discussions in the Community Archive. Go to the Community Archive. Other things you can do: Delete your posts from the Community Archive. Report something in the Community Archive. It is no longer possible to save items associated with your Orkut profile.

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   What happened to Orkut?

   • (Google Reader fans still mourn the sudden execution of a much-loved product.) Orkut's stronghold in Brazil was largely a fluke. The company never intentionally marketed the site toward Brazilians in its early years, but as it became the biggest player in the market, Orkut's operations were moved to Brazil in 2008.

   Google Finally Shuts Down Orkut, Its First Social Network - Forbes

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   Why did Google kill Orkut?

   • Orkut, named for its creator Orkut Büyükkökten, had a surprisingly long run given its steady demise over the last few years -- a possible indication of Google's reluctance to give up on a social network. It's also an example of its seemingly arbitrary decisions on when to kill a project.

   Google Finally Shuts Down Orkut, Its First Social Network - Forbes

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   Is Facebook better than Orkut?

   • Even though Zuckerberg’s network launched a month after Orkut, it quickly became popular with users everywhere. Orkut, on the other hand, had a much more limited range of users. With time Facebook proved much better as well. It was simple and reliable, offered privacy features, and a self-updating News Feed – something Orkut didn’t have.

   What Was Orkut and Why Was it Discontinued? - Failory

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8. readwrite.com › the-rise-and-fall-of-orkut-googlesThe Rise And Fall Of Orkut: Google’s Decade ... - ReadWrite

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   Jun 30, 2014 · On Monday, Google announced the end of its first foray into social networking, Orkut. September 30, 2014 will be the 10-year-old network’s final day. ReadWrite has been covering underdog...