Orkut is Google's social network which allows you to maintain friendships with people and also reach out to new people with whom you might have something in common. Although Orkut was initially released with an invitation system, meaning that you could only join the site after being sent an invitation by an existing user, it is now open to the general public and you can sign in simply by using a Google Account. If you do not have a Google Account, it is quick, easy and free to create one and will provide you with a Gmail or googlemail email address.
Orkut was established in 2002 after a rejected takeover bid for Friendster, and is named after Google developer Orkut Büyükkökten who was the initial lead on the project. It is extremely popular in Brazil and the take up of the service there has led to its headquarters being moved from California to the Google offices in Belo Horizonte where the service is now hosted. As a result, however, its popularity in the United States has waned due to the number of people communicating in Portuguese. It has also become popular in India with 39 per cent of the current user base coming from the sub-continent and 55 per cent from Brazil.
The service has been censored in some Middle Eastern countries including Iran and Saudi Arabia so if you are trying to access it from there you may have difficulties.
Orkut was established in 2002 after a rejected takeover bid for Friendster, and is named after Google developer Orkut Büyükkökten who was the initial lead on the project. It is extremely popular in Brazil and the take up of the service there has led to its headquarters being moved from California to the Google offices in Belo Horizonte where the service is now hosted. As a result, however, its popularity in the United States has waned due to the number of people communicating in Portuguese. It has also become popular in India with 39 per cent of the current user base coming from the sub-continent and 55 per cent from Brazil.
The service has been censored in some Middle Eastern countries including Iran and Saudi Arabia so if you are trying to access it from there you may have difficulties.