Despite many social networking sites before Orkut and many more coming into the fray later on, the reign of Orkut is not threatened for good and obvious reasons. In this article, we will be reading as to how come Orkut has been able to manage its supremacy in the world of social marketing, which is as intense as a battlefield.

Orkut has remained a favorite for more than 650,000 users worldwide. Some of the reasons (as told by Orkut users) why Orkut is better than other social networking sites are.

Ease of usage
User friendly
Innovative
Appealing features
Facilitation of smooth and instant communication
Free access social networking site
Worldwide acceptance and recognition
Growing popularity
Millions of users
Stimulation of active social life

The fact that Orkut not only promotes social networking but also sharing on thoughts and establishment of online presence apart from helping those romantic connections makes it one of the most popular networking sites to come across.

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vishu orkut scraps Vishu (Malayalam:) is a Happy Vishu Scraps vishu orkut scraps festival celebrated in the state of Kerala in South India. The same day is vishu orkut scraps also celebrated as New year in several other parts of India  such as Punjab (Baisakhi), Assam (Bihu), Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka where it is known as Bisu as well as in Tamil Nadu. Happy Vishu Scraps The festival marks the first day of Malayalam vishu orkut scraps Year and falls in the month of Medam (April – May). Vishu generally falls vishu orkut scraps on April 14 of the Gregorian calendar.

This Happy Vishu Scraps vishu orkut scraps occasion signifies the Sun's transit to the zodiac - Mesha Raasi vishu orkut scraps (first zodiac sign) as per Indian astrological calculations and astronomically vishu orkut scraps represents the vernal Happy Vishu Scraps equinox. "Vishu" in Sanskrit means "equal". Therefore Vishu is more probably denoting one of the equinox days. Although Vishu (first of Medam) is the astrological new year day of Kerala, the official Malayalam new year falls on the first month of Chingam (August - September). However, 1st of Chingam has no significance either astrologically or astronomically. Chingam is the harvest season in Kerala and southern parts of coastal Karnataka. The most important event in vishu orkut scraps Vishu is the Vishukkani, which Happy Vishu Scraps literally " the first vishu orkut scraps to be seen on the Vishu day". The Vishukkani consist Happy Vishu Scraps of a ritual arrangement of auspicious articles like raw rice, fresh linen, golden cucumber, betel leaves, arecanut, metal mirror, the yellow flowers konna (Cassia fistula), and a holy text and coins, in a bell metal vessel called uruli in the puja room of the House. A lighted bell metal lamp called nilavilakku is also placed alongside.

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LONG, LONG ago (in terms of Internet time), there was a virtual country named Orkut. It was a wild country where ‘frands’ and ‘sheep’ ran wild. Stalkers stalked and talkers talked in a visceral mishmash of puerile conversation and voyeuristic voyages across profiles. There were more scraps than metal. It was a turbid torrent of young Indian expression, a parent-free outlet for the high pressure libido locked up by conservative society. The nation of Orkut had but one motto — to knock the marble from the Goli soda of pent-up adolescent energy. It was free. It was unsanitary. It was glorious.

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THE GENIE OF the Orkut  is back. This time with the untimely murder of a teeneger by his own "Orkut" friends. It is not the first time the social networking site has been dragged into the limelight. Few months back, thanks to Shiv Sena’s call to ban the Google’s social networking site it was in the news. At that time the Shiv Sena alleged that certain ‘communities’ have been using this common platform (Orkut) for insulting the party Supremo Bal Thackeray and Maratha idol, Shivaji.

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Facebook Bumps Orkut From Top Spot In India: Facebook was on its way to overtaking Orkut to become the most popular social  networking site in India. Recent research from comScore has revealed that Facebook  managed to bump Orkut off the top spot in July 2010.According to comScore statistics, Facebook  had 20.9 million unique users in India in July 2010, compared to 7.47 million in July 2009, while Orkut had 19.9 million users in July 2010 and 17.7 million users in July 2009. While both networks have shown growth in the last year, Facebook’s 179% growth far outstrips Orkut’s 16% growth rate.

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Orkut, the social networking site from Internet search giant Google is continuously losing its market share across the world. Even in countries like Brazil and India where it has a huge following, Orkut is losing to other popular social networking sites like Facebook. Even micro-blogging sites like Twitter are giving Orkut's dominance in India a tough time.

According to Google Trends, a site that compares daily traffic between different websites, the number of visitors to Facebook has gone up since June while the same for Orkut is falling. The rise of Facebook in India is mainly attributed to users from Maharashtra and Delhi.

People from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab and Gujarat are using Facebook more than Orkut. Madhya Pradesh is the only place out of the top ten states ranked by Google Trends, where there is a neck-to-neck fight between the two social networking sites.

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For all the grief Google gets for not understanding social networks, people often forget that it owns a pretty big one, Orkut. While Orkut is much smaller than Facebook worldwide, it does dominate in at least two large countries: Brazil and India. But that soon may change.

India looks like it is about to fall to Facebook. In May, 2010, Facebook attracted 18 million unique visitors in India, compared to Orkut’s 19.7 million (comScore). In the past year, Facebook grew 177 percent from 6.5 million Indian visitors, compared to 35 percent growth for Orkut. When the June numbers come out, Facebook may very well surpass Orkut in that country. Indeed, Google’s own Trends for websites shows Facebook edging out Orkut in India last month.

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It is no news that Facebook is beating Orkut in India. You and I know it – we stopped visiting Orkut long time back. But when data speaks the truth, you have got to take note of the trends. As per Comscore’s latest data, Orkut is still ruling, but its just a matter of time when Facebook takes over the rein.

Take a look yourselfFor any social network site, time spent by users count. If people aren’t spending time in a social network and aren’t conversing, you are bound to lose. Take a look at the total time spent in the system, Facebook crossed Orkut a while back.

R.I.P Orkut : Inch by Inch, Minute by Minute, Facebook is Beating Orkut in India It is no news that Facebook is beating Orkut in India. You and I know it – we stopped visiting Orkut long time back. But when data speaks the truth, you have got to take note of the trends. As per Comscore’s latest data, Orkut is still ruling, but its just a matter of time when Facebook takes over the rein.

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Scammers are tricking Orkut users into pasting malicious JavaScript code in their browser's address bar, with the promise of receiving a free recharge code for their mobile phones. Users who fall for the scam end up with their Google login credentials stolen.

It all starts with users receiving a link on Orkut that takes them to a website displaying a big banner that reads: "Recharge your mobile here!" According to information presented on this page, the user will receive a free recharge code in their Orkut scrapbook if they copy and paste some JavaScript code into the address bar.

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Facebook was recently in a big mess over privacy and Orkut is probably trying to gain some user love there. Today, Orkut has launched private scraps feature enabling users to send scrap just to their friend(s)  the scrap being invisible to the outside world.

To keep something secret, just send a private scrap to your friends, and just those people selected will see it. Yep, just them! Recipients can also reply, creating a completely private conversation. Orkut is taking the privacy game too seriously and each feature/piece of your content now has a privacy level. Orkut has also enabled auto-sharing of your YouTube activities on Orkut. So do all these privacy settings bring back the users? What else should Google do to Save Orkut?

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