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All the good names may be gone.
Reading this piece in Business Week on Google’s orkut and their plans for social domination, I figured it was finally time to give orkut a test drive to see what all the excitamento or halachala (I hope these are close) was all about.
Orkut is w ... Continue reading »
Reading this piece in Business Week on Google’s orkut and their plans for social domination, I figured it was finally time to give orkut a test drive to see what all the excitamento or halachala (I hope these are close) was all about.
Orkut is w ... Continue reading »
1 year ago
I believe Google have a good set of apps, however not that well integrated as you point out.
However - among all the Google apps I do miss a good solution for your address book. See http://thekillerattitude.com/2007/09/where-is-g...
(And as I've been following this blog for a while, and am following you on Twitter I just tried to find you on Orkut. Couldn't find you with the search. If you care, please look me up and connect)
1 year ago
Orkut search really seems awful. I can't find you either. Search seems like a no-brainer for Google, but I guess this is a flawed assumption, e.g. Reader.
1 year ago
Borked.
1 year ago
2. Orkut is hottest in India after Brazil.I read something like 72% Brazil and 18% India. Don't know how much of that figure is true. I am almost guaranteed to find anyone in the 15 - 35 age group in my social circle and in India.
3. I think the reason why it has caught on in India and Brazil has more to do with a few 'sneezers' rather than with the technology.
4. Orkut came out as one guy's '20%' project. It is obvious he was working in a silo and thatz why most of the mashups that you are referring to and would expect are not there.
I'll send u an invite :-)
Cheers,
Jay
1 year ago
Johan makes a good point about the Google Address Book too. Orkut seems like a good basis for that. Dunno. I'll look for your invite.
1 year ago
Herez the link to my profile.
http://www.orkut.com/Scrapbook.aspx?uid=9001345...
It seems they have very few people working in Orkut development.
Ellison's quote about Technology industry and women's fashion comes to mind. Guessing they are having few internal takers as it is already assumed it is a dud compared to facebook or even the vertical ones like shelfari. No longer cool.
Also, there is a huge issue of identity in Orkut. Anyone can create a profile and a lot of young women have been victims.
1 year ago
"There are no import capabilities from say an email address book. GMail, anyone? This is odd to me because I was automatically added by virtue of my Google ID."
It does seem daft that google dont intergrate all their services. ie Address book for use in gmail, orkut, youtube (forwarding clips) etc. Calendar in orkut for reminders. Address book in maps to easily reference friends/family locations.
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