Google had stepped first in the Social Media World with its
famous Orkut on January 24, 2004, ahead of Facebook that was launched on
February 4 in the same year. At that time nobody knew the fate of both social
platforms.
Recent news says Google will be shutting down its early
social-networking service, “Orkut”, which was widely used in Brazil and India before the Facebook craze. It is
interesting to know that after the failure of Orkut, Google has successfully
maintained its presence in the Social Media world with its other tools
including Google+, Youtube and Blogger.
“With Passing time since last decade, YouTube,
Blogger and Google+ have taken place instead of Orkut which ran well till 2006
and 2007 with more and more communities around the world springing up in every
corner of the world. Because the growth of these communities has outpaced
Orkut's growth, we've decided to bid Orkut farewell," Google said
in a post on the Orkut blog on Monday.
The Orkut service's
shutdown comes as Google's social networking plans remain in question as it is
projecting Google+ (launched in 2011) as user identity on varoius Google’s
properties including Youtube before posting comments about videos.
The company
said it would preserve an archive of all Orkut "communities" that
will be available from Sept. 30. "If you don't want your posts or name to
be included in the community archive, you can remove Orkut permanently from
your Google account," Google said.
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