RIP Orkut

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Finally Google has decided to shutdown it’s previously famous social networking site – Orkut.

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Orkut is a social networking website that is owned and operated by Google. The service was designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. The website is named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten.

  • Shut down date on September 30, 2014
  • You can export your profile data, community posts and photos using Google Takeout (available until September 2016)
  • You can’t create new accounts after June 30, 2014

Orkut had faced various challenges in the past, when it was in the lime lite:
Orkut Like Button
Orkut turns 5 — “Happy Birthday Orkut”
Major Design Makeover: Orkut!
Make Money From Orkut
Attack On Orkut: Ruim Sabado!
Tips to write “about me” section in Orkut.

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