Orkut

Orkut
Orkut's login screen
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Social networking service
Available inMultilingual (45)
FoundedJanuary 24, 2004 (2004-01-24)
DissolvedSeptember 30, 2014 (2014-09-30)
Successor(s)Google+
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerGoogle
Founder(s)Orkut Büyükkökten
IndustryInternet
URLwww.orkut.com
AdvertisingAdSense
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired

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.[3][4][5] In that year, Google announced Orkut would be fully managed and operated in Brazil, by Google Brazil, in the city of Belo Horizonte. This was decided due to the large Brazilian user base and growth of legal issues.[6][7][8][9][2]

On June 30, 2014, Google announced it would be closing Orkut on September 30, 2014.[10] No new accounts could be created starting from July 2014. Users could download their profile archive by Google Takeout.[11][2]

In April 2022, the website was reactivated, but only displayed a letter from its founder stating that something new was to come.[12][2]

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  2. ^ a b c d "Excelentíssimo senhor juiz federal de uma das varas cíveis da subseção judiciária de São Paulo" [Your Excellency, Federal Judge of one of the civil courts of the judicial subsection of São Paulo] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2025.
  3. ^ "India - Alexa Top 100 Sites". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008.
  4. ^ "Brazil - Alexa Top 100 Sites". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008.
  5. ^ Pereira, Fabiano (April 22, 2008). "Os sites mais acessados do Brasil" [The most popular sites in Brazil]. iMasters (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "Folha Online – Informática – Orkut passa para as mãos do; empresa muda diretoria no país – 07/08/2008". .folha.uol.com.br. January 1, 1970. Archived from the original on September 11, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  7. ^ Do G1, em São Paulo. "Filial brasileira do Google vai assumir controle mundial do Orkut". G1.globo.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Felipe Zmoginski; do Plantão INFO. "Google Brasil assume administração do Orkut – INFO Online – (07/08/2008)". Info.abril.com.br. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  9. ^ "Tecnologia: Google Brasil assumirá o controle mundial do Orkut". Estadao.com.br. August 15, 2010. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  10. ^ "Adeus ao Orkut" (in Portuguese). June 30, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  11. ^ "orkut Blog". Archived from the original on August 14, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
  12. ^ "Is the long-extinct social network Orkut on the verge of a comeback?". AppleMagazine. April 28, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
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