Orkut is a social networking site owned and operated by Google and developed by Orkut Büyükkökten.
Communication – 5 Stars
Orkut has an instant messaging feature, a profile inbox, and a comments section (Scraps) where a user and their friends can communicate.
Profile/ File Sharing – 3 Stars
When creating your profile, you enter your name, email address, and password as well as checking some boxes on their home page. You are then sent a verification email. One you verify your email address, you need to verify your birthday, gender, and the fact that you’re 18 or older. It loses points, because of the inconvenience of going through the first step of signing up, having to verify your email, THEN letting you know you have to be 18 to join the site.
Orkut has a section called ‘Scraps’, which is basically where you can post items, and look at your friends’ shared files. You can type text, share photos and links in the scraps section.
Applications – 2 Stars
The applications for Orkut are not that great. The site only offers games and modifications for your scraps, and that’s it.
Customization – 0 Stars
You cannot customize your Orkut profile page at all. No module placement, no background changes, nothing. You’re stuck with a blue-grey scale.
Notifications – 2.5 Stars
I didn’t get any notifications… at all (I’m still waiting for it to let me know that my friend added me as a friend). I gave this a neutral rating, because you obviously don’t want to be overwhelmed with pointless notifications, but having some important ones wouldn’t be horrible.
With 12.5/25 Stars, I would not recommend Orkut. It’s big in Brazil and India, but that’s probably only because they haven’t heard of Facebook or Myspace. My guess is if they had, they’d make the switch.
Communication – 5 Stars
Orkut has an instant messaging feature, a profile inbox, and a comments section (Scraps) where a user and their friends can communicate.
Profile/ File Sharing – 3 Stars
When creating your profile, you enter your name, email address, and password as well as checking some boxes on their home page. You are then sent a verification email. One you verify your email address, you need to verify your birthday, gender, and the fact that you’re 18 or older. It loses points, because of the inconvenience of going through the first step of signing up, having to verify your email, THEN letting you know you have to be 18 to join the site.
Orkut has a section called ‘Scraps’, which is basically where you can post items, and look at your friends’ shared files. You can type text, share photos and links in the scraps section.
Applications – 2 Stars
The applications for Orkut are not that great. The site only offers games and modifications for your scraps, and that’s it.
Customization – 0 Stars
You cannot customize your Orkut profile page at all. No module placement, no background changes, nothing. You’re stuck with a blue-grey scale.
Notifications – 2.5 Stars
I didn’t get any notifications… at all (I’m still waiting for it to let me know that my friend added me as a friend). I gave this a neutral rating, because you obviously don’t want to be overwhelmed with pointless notifications, but having some important ones wouldn’t be horrible.
With 12.5/25 Stars, I would not recommend Orkut. It’s big in Brazil and India, but that’s probably only because they haven’t heard of Facebook or Myspace. My guess is if they had, they’d make the switch.
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