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LONG, LONG ago (in terms of Internet time), there was a virtual country named Orkut. It was a wild country where ‘frands’ and ‘sheep’ ran wild. Stalkers stalked and talkers talked in a visceral mishmash of puerile conversation and voyeuristic voyages across profiles. There were more scraps than metal. It was a turbid torrent of young Indian expression, a parent-free outlet for the high pressure libido locked up by conservative society. The nation of Orkut had but one motto — to knock the marble from the Goli soda of pent-up adolescent energy. It was free. It was unsanitary. It was glorious.

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Orkut, the social networking site from Internet search giant Google is continuously losing its market share across the world. Even in countries like Brazil and India where it has a huge following, Orkut is losing to other popular social networking sites like Facebook. Even micro-blogging sites like Twitter are giving Orkut's dominance in India a tough time.

According to Google Trends, a site that compares daily traffic between different websites, the number of visitors to Facebook has gone up since June while the same for Orkut is falling. The rise of Facebook in India is mainly attributed to users from Maharashtra and Delhi.

People from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Punjab and Gujarat are using Facebook more than Orkut. Madhya Pradesh is the only place out of the top ten states ranked by Google Trends, where there is a neck-to-neck fight between the two social networking sites.

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For all the grief Google gets for not understanding social networks, people often forget that it owns a pretty big one, Orkut. While Orkut is much smaller than Facebook worldwide, it does dominate in at least two large countries: Brazil and India. But that soon may change.

India looks like it is about to fall to Facebook. In May, 2010, Facebook attracted 18 million unique visitors in India, compared to Orkut’s 19.7 million (comScore). In the past year, Facebook grew 177 percent from 6.5 million Indian visitors, compared to 35 percent growth for Orkut. When the June numbers come out, Facebook may very well surpass Orkut in that country. Indeed, Google’s own Trends for websites shows Facebook edging out Orkut in India last month.

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It is no news that Facebook is beating Orkut in India. You and I know it – we stopped visiting Orkut long time back. But when data speaks the truth, you have got to take note of the trends. As per Comscore’s latest data, Orkut is still ruling, but its just a matter of time when Facebook takes over the rein.

Take a look yourselfFor any social network site, time spent by users count. If people aren’t spending time in a social network and aren’t conversing, you are bound to lose. Take a look at the total time spent in the system, Facebook crossed Orkut a while back.

R.I.P Orkut : Inch by Inch, Minute by Minute, Facebook is Beating Orkut in India It is no news that Facebook is beating Orkut in India. You and I know it – we stopped visiting Orkut long time back. But when data speaks the truth, you have got to take note of the trends. As per Comscore’s latest data, Orkut is still ruling, but its just a matter of time when Facebook takes over the rein.

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In the wake of the blasphemy controversy and the Facebook ban in Pakistan and Bangladesh, many Muslims set out en masse to discover new social networking websites such as MillatFacebook and Sal.am to fulfill their online needs. Some of these websites turned out to be Facebook clones, while others were just plain useless.

While many local users resorted to using proxies to access Facebook, I opted to return to my original stalking grounds, Orkut. A short background For those who may have missed the craze in 2004-05, Orkut was an invite only website with a personalized profile where you have all your friends, pictures, testimonials in one place; a strong community-based system where discussions can take place based on the purpose of the community.

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Staying connected while travelling on train may soon be a reality. The Passenger Amenities Committee of Indian railways is mulling over various solutions for infotainment on board, amongst which is a touch-screen based computer unit that would allow you to access social networking sites, shopping sites etc. It is not yet clear whether this would be a pure browser based .

The service could be available in flagship trains like Shatabdi Express with shorter daytime journey, having mostly business-class passengers. The computer units could be placed behind the seats much like what we have in aircraft, which could also double up as a movie screen. The touch screen would also allow you to order your meals and access on-train freight capacity auction site in real time. Research Design and Standards Organisation is working on this and a few more things so expect a lot more from Indian Railways in coming days.

Social networking sites are not just about staying in touch. A government officer is busy exposing corruption in a government hospital through Orkut. Dr Ketan Ranpariya has challenged the health department to look into the irregularities at Khambhalia General Hospital (KGH) of Khambhaliya in Jamnagar district, where he was posted, by putting up around 400 photographs on his Orkut page.

And in a typical reaction higher ups in health department believed that by transferring and then terminating Ranpariya the issue could be tackled. But Ranpariya decided to spread his message and to support him he has around 350 members in his community who regularly visit his Orkut page.

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Facebook might have overtaken Orkut globally in terms of the number of users, but Google’s social networking offering still remains the favourite in India, according to the England-based online traffic tracking firm comScore.

In its latest report on social networking activity in the Asia-Pacific region, comScore says the Google-owned Orkut is ranked as the top social networking site.

In India, with 46.8 per cent of the nation’s web population using the website. Facebook, on the other hand, ranks numero uno in Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

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Facebook may be the global leader in the sphere of social networking but when it comes to India, Google's Orkut overtakes Facebook, says a new study.As per the new study conducted by UK-based internet traffic tracking firm comScore titled 'Social Networking Habits Vary Considerably Across Asia-Pacific Markets', Orkut heads the popularity list of social networking sites in India.

46.8 per cent of the Indian internet users log on Google's social networking site, comScore said. Facebook, however, is still the most favorite in countries such as Philippines (84.5 pc), Australia (69.4 pc), Indonesia (84.9 pc), Malaysia (77.5 pc), Singapore (72.1 pc), New Zealand (63.6 pc), Hong Kong (62.6 pc) and Vietnam (18.4 pc).

Other three social networking sites which figured on the list of top social networking sites in Asia Pacific markets included Wretch.cc with 62.5 per cent hold in Taiwan, CyWorld with 54.2 per cent users logging into it in South Korea, and Mixi.jp with 18.9 per cent strength in Japan.

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April fool orkut scraps are also available at the www.Orkut.org.in where one can find the scraps for the Orkut which is an social networking website. The April Fool Images, April Fool Scraps can be send to the friends in your list of Orkut Friends. Utkal divas is connected to Orriya people are Orissa. The Utkal Diwas is festival or celebration day for the people of Orissa.

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