Introduction:
Since I am obviously the first person to write a review on Orkut I believe myself to be privileged. The reason is I am a very ardent Orkut Fan.
Who is Orkut?
Orkut Buyukkokten, a Turkish software engineer is the creator of Orkut, He created it while working for Google.
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Advantages: Great for social networking,--especially finding old friends.. Disadvantages: Security???
Introduction:
Since I am obviously the first person to write a review on Orkut I believe myself to be privileged. The reason is I am a very ardent Orkut Fan.
Who is Orkut?
Orkut Buyukkokten, a Turkish software engineer is the creator of Orkut, He created it while working for Google.
What is Orkut?
Orkut is essentially a social networking service with a difference.It is similar to sites such as Myspace ... ...close links with Gmail. Statistically it is the 8th most frequently visited website in the world and the 2nd most frequently visited website in India (this is according to Wikipaedia).
More importantly Orkut is a very fun place to be and very very useful. Especially as more and more members join it becomes easier to trace long lost friends, classmates, relatives etc.
How it works?
Anybody can join orkut by giving some ... more
Introduction: Since I am obviously the first person to write a review on Orkut I believe myself to be privileged. The reason is I am a very ardent Orkut Fan.
Who is Orkut? Orkut Buyukkokten, a Turkish software engineer is the creator of Orkut, He created it while working for Google.
What is Orkut? Orkut is essentially a social networking service with a difference.It is similar to sites such as Myspace in some aspects. It is run by Google and has close links with Gmail. Statistically it is the 8th most frequently visited website in the world and the 2nd most frequently visited website in India (this is according to Wikipaedia). More importantly Orkut is a very fun place to be and very very useful. Especially as more and more members join it becomes easier to trace long lost friends, classmates, relatives etc.
How it works? Anybody can join orkut by giving some basic information and can then go on to create their own profile which can be read by others who visit your profile. Various levels of security exists wherein you can determine who reads what. e.g you can put your date of birth down only to be read by friends,or you can make it such that it can be read by everyone. Some entries can be such that they can only be read by yourself. So once you have done completing your profile you can come back and edit it whenever you want. You can upload a photograph for your profile and can also populate your album with up to 12 photographs. You can also upload your favourate videos or create links with youtube videos.
Communication: The most important page in your area is your scrapbook. Any member can scrap any other member. This simply is a kind of messaging system where you can either go to the recipients scrapbook and type in your message or 'scrap' or reply to him or her from your own scrap book. The uniqueness of this is that any member can read anybody's scrapbook by visiting their profile. It is quite open. I have found this useful in tracing long lost friends of friends . A more secure and personal messaging system exists wherein you can send a message to another friend and the message is received in his/her message folder,it is almost like an email system. Though I am not sure how secure it really is, the normal orkut user who is not into hacking will not get into it. A member can also start a community and ask friends to join. e.g I have just started a community for my classmates from school. So in this community you can post topics for discussion, share news, conduct polls, and so on and so forth.
Friends: You can invite another member to your friend list by sending a friend request which he or she has to accept before they can be seen on your friend list. Each member page , has on the top right side a list of your friends. You can classify your friends as acquaintances, havent met, friends, good friends, and best friend. This classification will not be seen by your friends so that is helpful. Your friends can also become your 'fans' and can also write testimonials about you which can be read by all who visit your page.
Who uses it? Anybody can use it. A very large proportion of users hail from Brazil, USA and from India. Its popularity is increasing all over the Globe. It has been particularly useful to communities that have a large expatriate population like Indians.
Uses: It provides a very large platform for networking which is growing by 1000's everyday. Extremely helpful for those who would like to contact long lost friends/classmates/lovers etc. Fun place as you can make your own polls and have a wide variety of people to give their opinion. Very good marketing platform for those so inclined. There are several financial communities that track various bourses, a load of useful information in exchanged everyday. The Social communities have been instrumental in strengthening social projects on the ground. There are so many uses that it is not possible for me to continue to list them.
Disadvantage: Scraps are public--with its inherent risks. There have been allegations that there are communities in Orkut which help support terrorism and which help propagation of extremist views.
Conclusion: I am very grateful to Orkut, for helping me get back in touch with a horde of long lost friends. If it hadnt been for orkut it would have been nigh impossible. And I am sure the same can be said for several thousands of people (in fact millions are now members)
Advantages: Features, easy to use, connecting you to your friends.. Disadvantages: None
Orkut is a Social Networking website, and it is somewhat similar to Facebook, Myspace etc. Although I'm a part of both Orkut & Facebook i use Orkut everyday & Facebook twice or thrice in a week.
Orkut is a part of Google & was created by Orkut Buyukkoten a Turkish developer. Here in UK Facebook is more popular then Orkut, but you will find most of the Facebook users on Orkut aswell. Orkut is more popular in Brazil & Asia. it is the most visited ... ...Its almost 4 years now that i'm using Orkut, earlier it was just limited to join if you have got an invitation from a Orkut User. Like for the Gmail Account, but now anyone can register on Orkut you dont need any invitation.
If you have a Gmail account then you can login using the same login details of Orkut then you dont need to register, but if you want to use any other email account then you need to register first before using it.
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majeedkazi 17.04.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of orkut.com
Advantages: good interface, friendly members, more addons Disadvantages: nil
Let’s start social networking the Google way. Of course this Orkut did not have the complete touch of Google till some time back. But now the search and other enhancements made by Google really make it an exciting experience to maintain and contact friends around the world though Orkut. Every member of Orkut has a profile page where you can post all information about you – your like to dislikes and what not. Also post your photo. You can see other ... ...Parts of the profile or user area can be restricted to only friends or none to view. Send messages and scraps (small instant messages) to friends. Add photos in albums in your profile area. Get reminders of your friend’s birthdays. View who visited your profile last and all changes made by your friends in their area (if they give permission). So enjoy making friends the Google way. I have written this review in Ciao also. ...
danalakshmivnv 10.03.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of orkut.com
Advantages: Good social netwotking website Disadvantages: not so secure
Orkut is a social networking website owned by Google and it is really easy to connect with friends there ,but before there were not anything more than that ,all knows that we can connect with their friends by email ,which is far more secure! Now Orkut has introduced so many funny widgets .In Orkut we can upload youtube videos ,pictures and even music. The problem of this site is that it is not at all secure. Its owned by Google and the login page ...
aroshu123 10.10.2008
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Advantages: It is a good place for meeting Disadvantages: There is nothing to say
'Orkut .com' is a well-known social network site. It is like an open courtyard for world wide friendship. It is one of many services of the world famous search engine 'Google.com'. The first thing I want to say about its Home page. The appearance of the home page of this website is very simple, though it demands our respects. The personal pages of this website are good, but those are limited in a few templates. Its navigation system is good. Messaging ... ...make personal message and scrap messages. We can use there HTML code also. The registration and services both are free in this social network service provider. Now my suggestion to make it more useful and more interesting -
It will be better if there is an arrangement of match making system, to give them opportunity to make friendship amongst unknown members. Except it, Orkut can do an arrangement to link with one's own or liking websites. It will ...
Dayamoyee 04.12.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of orkut.com
Advantages: user friendly interfacing Disadvantages: security aspects
I have been using orkut for last three years and till now i have already used three social networking sites, but no other site can match the versatility of orkut. Orkut is the most user friendly social networking site that can be used by a beginner also with a great ease unlike its contenders sites.
The features and its ease to use makes this site a very good place to get connected with the people all around the world and discuss on various issues ... ...competition and fun. The most popular games include Crazy taxi , a racing game provided by mindjolt games and fast cricket named ICL.
You can also search your old or lost friends here by just entering their names and details if they are connected to it. I joined this site initially for this reason only. And i have found 7 of my friends from my first school.
Apart from its good features it has a very large number of users from all parts of the world ...
arsenalvizabhas 06.10.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of orkut.com
