orkut

Orkut is Google's own social networking site, somewhat similar to Facebook, Bebo and MySpace.

It was named after its creator, Orkut Büyükkökten, a Google staffer. The site is very popular in Brazil, reputedly because the name is easy to pronounce in Portugese. It is also very popular in India, where in late 2008 it was the second most-visited website.

Its "soft launch" was on January 22, 2004, with entry by invitation only, and it was only opened to anyone in October 2006.

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• When That Good Old Fashioned Karma Comes Around…

  
  Tom Collins' World Wide Web Log — Authority: 111
  Christmas Day this year found me at the home of my dear sister Rose, who, as regular readers of this Web log know, owing to the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, the actions of people like Bernie Madoff, the schemes of scumbag derivative traders, the indifference of lying, thieving brokers, the mendacity of bogus ...
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• Buzz in Social Media – Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

  
  OrkutHeroes.com — Authority: 116
  It’s a party time all over the world. Cloud of celebrations has arrived since the start of December and you will notice the buzz everywhere around, your home, friends, shopping malls and even internet.  Nowadays internet is not only easily accessible but also incredibly involved in our everyday lives and it won’t ...
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• Share links with friends in Orkut with orkut share bookmarklet

  
  Tech Talks — Authority: 126
  orkut share bookmarklet will help you to share links with your orkut friends easily. The links you sharing wil be visible in your “My Update” section and friends can see it in “Updates from my... ==This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full==
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• Social Networking Craze Affects Productivity @ India Inc

  
  WATBlog.com - Web, Advertising and Technology Blog in India — Authority: 439
  Social networks are turning into time wasters for Indian employees as revealed by a latest survey from Assocham (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry). The report points out how the social media craze is reaching office desktops and in turn affecting the overall productivity of the companies. Note: The ...
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• Accomplish Maximum Visibleness inside Older Examine Engines

  
  Internet Marketing Blog — Authority: 133
  Are you interested in meeting new people online? How about people that share the same interests as you? If so, one of the best ways to find those individuals to use online social networking websites. Social networking websites are often compared to neighborhoods or communities, but ones that are online. If are ...
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• Top 10 Orkut Communities Of 2009

  
  OrkutHeroes.com — Authority: 116
  Orkut Communities are the most important part of any orkut user’s online life. Over the years, since Orkut came live in 2004, there are hundreds and thousands of communities on different subjects which have been created on orkut. In this saga of creating communities and joining other’s, there are many orkut ...
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• Yelp Walks Out of Google Deal

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 570
  A few days ago it was reported on many websites that Google was almost about to acquire Yelp for a whopping $500 million, and that 80 percent of the deal was almost complete. Now, there is a different side of the story. It is reported that Jeremy Stoppelman, the CEO of Yelp has walked out of the deal. He along with ...
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• wanna to know how we can hank orkut id

  
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• Facebook affecting Indian firms’ productivity: Study

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  London, December 22 (ANI): Facebook is becoming a problem for employers at offices in India, as employees have started spending so much time on the social networking site that it is beginning to affect productivity, a new survey has revealed.The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) have found in ...
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• ‘orkut share’ bookmarklet for internet browsers

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 529
  Google released a new orkut share bookmarklet for internet browsers, just visit orkut share installation page for installation. Next, “when you find something interesting on web, just click bookmarklet and share a snippet and a link to the webpage with your friends on orkut. Youll also have an option to create a ...
  6 days ago

• Facebook stunts productivity says Indian survey

  
  ICM Commercial & Business News — Authority: 436
  A research company in India has revealed the true cost to companies of their employees surfing social networking sites during working hours – close to 1 week per employee, per year. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) surveyed more than 4,000 employees across three age groups – ...
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• World Map Of Social Networks Shows Rise Of Facebook

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 876
  (click through for larger version, interactive widget below) Italian writer, blogger and photographer Vincenzo Cosenza has for the second time put together a visualization that shows the most popular social networks around the world on a map, based on the most recent traffic data (December 2009) as measured by ...
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• An Easy To Add non-JavaScript Based Orkut Share Button For BlogSpot Blogs

  
  BloggerStop.Net - Blogger Widgets, Templates, Help! — Authority: 419
  The previous tutorial on how to add an orkut share button in Blogger blogs was based on javaScript, which will definitely slow down your blog. So this new method will add exactly the same button, without adding any additional scripts to your blog. In just two steps, you can have this button working on your ...
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• Orkut Profile Hackers Are Active Again – BEWARE!

  
  OrkutHeroes.com — Authority: 116
  From last few days, many orkut community users are reporting a new spam which is seriously dangerous to your orkut profile. If you are noticing this new forum post in your favorite orkut community than BEWARE! Because there is no way you can re-charge your cell phone with this, it is just another nasty way to ...
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• Virgo Rulz – Best Zodiac Community Online.

  
  OrkutHeroes.com — Authority: 116
  One of the very common objectives of any online community is to make a virtual spot for people with same interest where they can discuss on a particular subject. Since I started reviewing online communities I came across thousands of such group of people talking on various subjects like movies, music, hobbies, art, ...
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• How To Video Chat In Orkut And Gmail ?

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 140
  If you want to keep in touch with your friends in a different manner, just use the recent launch of Orkut video chat. It is the easiest way to be in touch, virtually face to face and directly from your Orkut pages. If you want to use this feature, you should have a small plugin that is available in the link given ...
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• The Biggest Online Fanclub of Shahrukh Khan

  
  OrkutHeroes.com — Authority: 116
  Shahrukh Khan , actor of Hindi Movies is popularly known as king of Indian Film Industry, Bollywood . From last 20 years Shahrukh Khan is ruling the hearts of millions of Indians worldwide but those millions of Shahrukh Khan’s (SRK) fans were never able to come together on one single platform till the ...
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• orkut ‘new version opened to everyone’ and Tips to use orkut video chat

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 529
  As a holiday treat, Google is giving access to new version of orkut , for this, when you visit, your old orkut, all you’ve to do is click the special button at the top of your orkut page. And if you cant yet see the button in your page, youll be able to see it soon; it may take a few days to get to everyone. ...
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• Now View Photos in Orkut Albums as a Slideshow – New Feature

  
  Orkut Plus! — Authority: 112
  Orkut has integrated a fantastic new feature to orkut albums. Now you can view all the pictures in a particular orkut album in a slideshow. Starting a picture slideshow in orkut album is pretty simple. Screenshots below should act as the perfect guides.Awesome! Isn’t It? Please share your...
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• Social games and Facebook in Brazil and Latin America

  
  media/anthropology — Authority: 122
  By Raquel Recuero via DMLcentral A recent post from Inside Facebook has shown that Facebook is growing fast in Latin America, and a large part of this growth is happening in Brazil (33 percent each month, according to the same set of data). Interestingly, other news pieces about research from institutes such as ...
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