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. [1] [2] Orkut was one of the most visited websites in India and Brazil in 2008.

Jul 4, 2020 · Orkut Büyükkökten, a Turkish programming engineer, created it as an autonomous undertaking while at the same time working at Google. While already working for Affinity Engines, he had built up a comparative framework, InCircle, …

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.

Official Orkut Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using Orkut and other answers to frequently asked questions.

Jun 30, 2014 · 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.

Jun 17, 2024 · In the mid-2000s, Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten’s self-titled social network briefly took the world by storm before disappearing. Now he’s back, with a plan for a happier social media.

Orkut, a Google-acquired social media platform, closed due to limited user engagement and lacking features like an auto-updating news feed.

Jan 20, 2023 · Orkut was a free social networking service owned and managed by Google. It was designed to help users discover new friends and maintain existing relationships. It has been followed up by hello, another social media network built by the same publisher as Orkut.

Orkut Social Media: A Nostalgic Platform That Paved the Way for Modern Social Networks. Orkut was one of the earliest social media platforms that captured the imagination of users across the globe, particularly in countries like Brazil and India.

Sep 30, 2014 · The rise of Orkut as a social network is closely identified with the gradual bridging of the digital divide in economies such as Brazil and India.