Orkut is going to shutdown from Octobetr


 Google   is  going  to  shutdown   their  first  social networking  site   Orkut . The Engineering  Director   Paulo   Golgher , from  Google  informed  in  a  blogpost ,   Orkut  will  be no  more  from   September  30 ,  2014 . Orkut  was  launched   by   Google  10  years  ago .

                     
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                           After   the   boom  of   Facebook , orkut   goes   down  its  popularity . And  the   google   started  google  plus  3  years  ago .  Ten  years  ago ,  Orkut  was  Google’s first  foray   into   social networking .  Built  as  a  “20  percent”  project ,  Orkut  communities started  conversations ,  and  forged  connections ,  that  had  never  existed  before. 
                                     
                         Orkut  helped  shape  life  online  before  people  really  knew  what “social networking”  was . Over  the  past  decade ,  YouTube ,  Blogger  and  Google+  have taken  off ,  with  communities  springing  up  in  every  corner  of the  world .  Because  the growth  of  these  communities  has  outpaced  Orkut's  growth . They  have  decided  to  bid Orkut  farewell . Google  is  now   focusing  our  energy  and  resources  on  making  these  other social  platforms  as  amazing  as  possible  for  everyone  who  uses  them.



                          Until  September 30,  2014   there  will  be  no  impact  on  current  Orkut users  , to  give  the  community  time  to  manage  the  transition . People  can  export  their profile  data ,  community  posts  and  photos  using  Google  Takeout  (available until September 2016) . It  will  not  be  possible  to  create  a  new  Orkut  account . All  of  those   communities Orkut  users  have  created  will  live  on.

                                 
                                  Google  is   preserving  an  archive  of  all  public  communities, which  will  be  available  online  starting  September  30,  2014.  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.




"It's  been  a  great  10  years,  and  we  apologize  to  those  still actively  using  the  service. We  hope  people  will  find   other online  communities  to  spark  more  conversations  and    build even  more connections  for   the  next  decade  and   beyond."

 Paulo Golgher, Engineering Director,Google

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