Posted by Ritika Sanghi, Software Engineer When was the last time you invited a non-orkutter to join your network? Can’t seem to remember? Well, for those of you whose friends are not all on orkut right now, we’ve stepped up ou…
Posted by Leonardo Mesquita, Software EngineerIf you have a big community (with more than a thousand members), you may have had a surprise last weekend as you saw a sudden drop in the number of members. Don’t panic! It’s not people leaving your communi…
Posted by Natalie Schwartz, Associate Product Marketing ManagerAs the new look of the site was rolling out several weeks ago, we were paying especially close attention to the feedback you provided via the help center and help group. There were some min…
Posted by Viviana Agostinho, orkut Operations TeamIn the last week or so, you’ve probably noticed one major change on your orkut homepage: there is now a box displaying updates from your friends. With this feature you can take a peek at what your frien…
Posted by Ellen Spertus, Research Scientist, and Torsten Nelson, Software EngineerGreetings! We’re launching a new column to share some of the fascinating trends that we’ve discovered about orkut users through looking at the aggregate trends of our use…
Posted by Zachary John, Business Product ManagerToo many photos and never know which ones to choose? Bring your craziest, hottest, funniest photos onto orkut for your friends to see and enjoy. Having a great photo experience is an important part of sh…
Posted by Alexandre Luis Vignado, orkuteer**orkuteers are orkut members (outside of Google) who have shown incredible dedication and helpfulness in our orkut Help Group. Alexandre has provided us with his story and permission to share it with you here….
Posted by Eduardo Thuler, orkut Product ManagerThough I’ve discovered dozens of people on orkut, searching for them has never been easy. Trouble is, there are so many people in orkut that you’ll always find several people with the same name. It’s usual…
Posted by Robin Norvell, orkut Operations Team and orkut Guide Got a question about a feature? Need a refresher on how to manage a community? Our beloved orkut is a work in progress, but we’re always working to improve it for you – and with you…
Posted by Priya Mandawat, Software EngineerIf you’re at all like me, you constantly check your orkut friends’ profiles to check out their pics from last weekend, see if they’ve found any funny YouTube videos lately, updated their relationship status, o…
Posted by Patrick Barry, Software EngineerIn our quest to make orkut universally accessible, we’re now available in 5 new languages: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu. Indians have always been a vibrant part of the orkut community, and we cont…
Posted by Priya Mandawat, Software EngineerOn orkut, it’s all about how cool your friends are, or how many you have. (Hey, it’s a social network, what do you expect?) So we’ve made some improvements to the way you view your friends. To start, we’ve tak…
Posted by Daniela Mota, Software Engineer Last week, we started rolling out the redesign to just a fraction of our users. If you don’t have it yet, remember you will have it over the next week. In the meantime, we wanted to tell you a little bit mor…
Eduardo Cordeiro, Software EngineerWhen you think Google, you picture primary colors; when you think orkut, you see blue. And though we’re updating the look, we’re staying true to blue. We’ve added some rounded corners and new icons that make orkut loo…
Posted by Narayan Kamath, Software EngineerRemember the first time that you logged into orkut? Maybe you received a coveted invitation from a friend, heard about it in a blog, or stumbled upon it when searching for a social network on google.com. But n…