We are constantly working to make your orkut experience better, and while this includes adding new, useful features on the site, like new search features and support for applications, it also includes improving your experience when you are not logged-i…
When we launched the mobile (xhtml) version of orkut back in April on m.orkut.com, we were overwhelmed by its adoption. However, Google always tries to build our products for a diverse group of users. Many people access orkut from their smartphones, ma…
Many of you may have noticed or heard from friends that orkut experienced some downtime. On Monday July 21st we discovered a bug that affected the profiles of a small set of orkut users. Starting at 14:30 PST, our engineering team disabled access to or…
You may have noticed that lately it’s been easier to find what you’re looking for when searching on orkut. For example, when you search for a person, we now show people in your network or country at the top of the results list , and we also suggest oth…
Posted by Nike[Since apps recently went live on orkut, we’re excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and tell us about their apps here.]JogaTV by Nike is a great place to discover and share your favorite soccer videos on the web. Search the w…
Posted by Rama Pokkunuri, Software EngineerGoogle’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. We know that for visually impaired users, it can be difficult to navigate through orkut using a mouse to…
Posted by Priya Mandawat, Software EngineerEver since we added “updates from my friends” to the orkut homepage, you’ve been requesting that we add more information to these updates so that you can stay informed on the latest developments from your fri…
Posted by Robin Norvell, orkut Operations Team A few months ago, we invited our Portuguese orkuteers to visit Google’s Belo Horizonte office. But we weren’t going to rest until we’d given our orkuteers in India the same chance to meet the orkut team a…
Posted by Adam Winer, Software EngineerOrkut profiles have become a lot more dynamic in the last year. Not only are your photos, videos, and testimonials showcased on your profile, but now users in many parts of the world can also add OpenSocial appli…
Posted by Sam Goto, Software EngineerPhotos have long been a popular feature of orkut, which is why we have engineers working full-time to make it easier for you to upload, share and browse photos on orkut. Recently, we increased our photo capacity so …
Narayan Kamath, Software Engineer Have you ever been watching a funny video on YouTube and decided halfway through that you must share it with your orkut friends? Previously, you had to go to your orkut “favorite videos” page and copy-and-paste the vi…
Posted by Kuldeep Gharat, Software EngineerCommunities on orkut come in all shapes and sizes. Large, open communities are great for meeting new people and getting news on topics you care about, while smaller ones help you keep in touch with friends and…
Posted by Nishant Redkar, Software EngineerA few weeks ago we launched a low bandwidth version of orkut that makes your experience on orkut faster. This is especially helpful if you are using a 56.6 or 64 kps modem, or if you are on a DSL connection wi…
Posted by Nishant Redkar, Navneet Nair and Narayan Kamath Since orkut first launched back in 2004, the site has had a soothing, blue color scheme that we’ve all come to know and love. When we redesigned the interface last August, we switched up some el…
Posted by Connie Zhou, BuboMe.com[Since apps recently went live on orkut, we’re excited to invite orkut developers to guest blog and tell us about their apps here.]BuboMe is a photo application that lets you pimp your photos or your orkut friends’ phot…