*Social networking sites have changed the way we communicate and the way we keep in touch with our friends. We can reconnect with friends we haven't seen in a long time or friends who live far away and share what is going on in our lives with pictures, videos, blogs, and much more. Social networking sites remove a lot of the difficulty of staying in touch.orkut.com is a social networking service developed in association with Google. Why the name Orkut? Buyukkoten Orkut, a Google employee that has a significant interest in social networking, developed the service.Orkut is one of the many social networking sites that have popped up in recent years. It is second in worldwide popularity only to MySpace, with especially heavy usage in India and Brazil. You cannot search for someone without being a member, but that is easy enough to do. To get started on Orkut, you need a gmail account. If you already have one, all you need to do is verify your email address and date of birth for security reasons, and you're ready to start. If you don't have a gmail account, Orkut will help you set one up.
You can meet a variety of interesting people online. While this can enrich your life and help you expand your interests, it can also be dangerous. It always pays to be cautious, especially when it comes to sharing personal information with people you meet online. If someone wants to meet you and gives you his/her phone number, always take a minute to do a reverse phone lookup This way, you can check to see if the identity of the phone number owner and your online friend match up. It is far better to be careful than to trust people immediately.
*Orkut or Facebook Choice to be made...!
I haven’t got into Facebook inspite of all the hype & following in US.I am more an Orkut guy, been so nearly since its inception.Google’s networking site big in India & I am now owning a community of more than 150 members there.Yes there are many many social networking sites on the net. I have come across orkut, hi5, tagged, batchmates... AS far as i have seen,orkut is the best as it is the widest network of people and i ve been touch with all my old n new frndz.
*The article mainly states that orkut is still leading the India market and facebook (world no 2) is still no where to be close to orkut in India.The reason for low usage of facebook in india is basically for few reason’s that i found while using facebook as well as orkut both.
1) orkut is more popular due to its straight forward approach, it offer’s limited features only.
2) most orkut user’s are just chat freaks and are their only for fun and time pass.
3) orkut captures a large crowd from college students who love to sneak and peak in others profile.
4) facebook is a heavy site, specially if you have more then 30-40 apps installed, (mainly due to its AJAX style good for DSL connection but appears to be a pain in A** for the dialup users)
BUT there are a lot of reason’s which put facebook as my preference.
1) It provides privacy, more then what u can expect in orkut.
2) with its app base used properly you can create a virtual home for you in their, like i keep a tab of my movies as well as music with two apps flixter’s movie app and iLike app for facebook.
3) i am a social networker with my orkut profile reaching the 500 mark and my facebook profile i made last month only,but still i prefer networking with my friendz with whom i can interact and gain something from this interaction...and in this case i find orkut to be of much help.
4) Another great feature of facebook which many user’s in India are largely unaware of is photo tagging,by which you can tag each individual face on your pic collection with a name.
These are few of my finding’s;many people might disagree with me, and many might agree with me.
1) orkut is more popular due to its straight forward approach, it offer’s limited features only.
2) most orkut user’s are just chat freaks and are their only for fun and time pass.
3) orkut captures a large crowd from college students who love to sneak and peak in others profile.
4) facebook is a heavy site, specially if you have more then 30-40 apps installed, (mainly due to its AJAX style good for DSL connection but appears to be a pain in A** for the dialup users)
BUT there are a lot of reason’s which put facebook as my preference.
1) It provides privacy, more then what u can expect in orkut.
2) with its app base used properly you can create a virtual home for you in their, like i keep a tab of my movies as well as music with two apps flixter’s movie app and iLike app for facebook.
3) i am a social networker with my orkut profile reaching the 500 mark and my facebook profile i made last month only,but still i prefer networking with my friendz with whom i can interact and gain something from this interaction...and in this case i find orkut to be of much help.
4) Another great feature of facebook which many user’s in India are largely unaware of is photo tagging,by which you can tag each individual face on your pic collection with a name.
These are few of my finding’s;many people might disagree with me, and many might agree with me.
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