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1. • • Orkut was founded in rather curious circumstances. Google tried to buy a then-successful social network, Friendster for $30 million (around ₹ 180 crore) in 2003, but failed. Google then founded and launched Orkut in January 2004, a month before Facebook was launched.
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   Why did Google shut down Orkut?

   • Before there was a Facebook, or Twitter, or Pinterest, or Ello, there was Orkut, a beloved social network a Google engineer built a decade ago. Though it was widely adopted in Brazil and India, Orkut was never very popular in the rest of the world, which is why Google is shutting down the social networking platform on Tuesday.

   It's Time To Say Goodbye To Orkut, Google's First Social Network

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   When did Google start Orkut?

   • Google then founded and launched Orkut in January 2004, a month before Facebook was launched. The product is named after Orkut Buyukkokten, Google’s Turkish software engineer, who had previously built online alumni communities such as Club Nexus (2001) and inCircle.

   The rise, fall and subsequent death of Orkut - Mint

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   Is Orkut the end of Google's first social network?

   • 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 Orkut since its invention.

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   What is Google Orkut?

   • 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. In that year, Google announced Orkut would be fully managed and operated in Brazil, by Google Brazil, in the city of Belo Horizonte.

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   Orkut was the first Google customer to have OpenSocial support. [15] History. Origins. Orkut was quietly launched on January 22, 2004 by Orkut Büyükkökten, [16] a Turkish software engineer, developed it as an independent project while working at Google.

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   Jun 30, 2014 · Unlike the dropped bomb that was Google Reader, Orkut enjoyed a slow decline. Now that it’s gone, Google said it will devote its “energy and resources” on YouTube, Blogger and Google+.

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   Sep 30, 2014 · The India story for Orkut was only getting stronger, when in 2007, Google recognized its potential, and rolled out the site in six Indian languages—Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada and ...

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6. www.cjco.com.au › article › the-rise-and-fall-of-orkutThe Rise and Fall of Orkut: What Happened to the ... - CJ&CO™

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   In June 2014, Google announced that it would be shutting down Orkut, the once-beloved social networking platform. The decision surprised many, but it was not entirely unexpected, given the platform’s steadily declining usage in recent years.

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   Sep 30, 2014 · Though it was widely adopted in Brazil and India, Orkut was never very popular in the rest of the world, which is why Google is shutting down the social networking platform on Tuesday.

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

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   Jun 30, 2014 · She saw Orkut as a small startup within Google, operating autonomously to prove that a single engineer with a new idea could build and test a product without enduring the delays of Google’s...

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