What is Orkut and how is it used?

Orkut is one of the social networking sites which can help you connect with friends, family members, strangers etc by sending instant messages or scraps. Orkut is a unique site where you can invite and make unlimited friends and share your thoughts, views about different things in this world.  Orkut is managed and controlled by Google.  Main intention of Google to introduce Orkut is to help people meet and build healthy rapport with different kinds of people. Orkut is more popular in India and Brazil when compared to other countries.  There are different programmes available in Orkut like forums, communities, sharing photos and videos.  All these programmes can be controlled only you in your profile, once you get registered for Orkut.

Orkut also allows you to see your friends profile and their scraps; you can make friends from your friend’s profile as well. Once you login to www.orkut.com , you can see the option which says “Not a member yet” Join Now at the bottom right hand side. Click on that link and create your own profile, once you create your own profile you can then start inviting your friends directly by searching them on Orkut or send them an invitation through a request ( by entering their email address ). Once you register with Orkut you can easily view all the other programmes which are available on Orkut because all the policies and procedures are self explanatory. Orkut allows you to change the theme for your profile page, this way you can make your Orkut page look colorful and you can get access to 10 Orkut themes. You can choose the best out of all the themes available and save the changes. Utilization of Orkut can be done in many ways; business men can make use of Orkut to the fullest by promoting their products. Individuals who manage their own websites or blogs and who want traffic to stumble upon their sites, Orkut is one of the best ways to promote their sites or blogs and expect traffic to increase within minutes. 

Orkut helps us to meet good old school friends through which you can know what’s happening in their lives. Some men and women do not like the idea of having a profile in Orkut because they think it is unsafe however the best part in Orkut is , there is an option called settings where can opt to hide your status , updates scraps etc. and show it only to your friends and not to everyone. There are people who create fake ids and view your profiles; in this case the best advice is to be careful while uploading photos and videos so that they don’t misuse it. Orkut is just a media to meet hundreds of people online and make your conversation with your friends and family members fun and thrilling. Orkut has become very popular in India and almost every person is a member of Orkut because it is user friendly, self explanatory and useful.