Google’s Attempt To Save The Dieing Orkut Goes In Vain

Apr 21, 2008

Google’s Attempt To Save The Dieing Orkut Goes In Vain

Even though Google is WWW’s most successful company which we have ever seen and their are least chances that any other company will be able to grow with the pace that Google has BUT Google just couldn’t touch the heights of MySpace and Facebook when it comes to Orkut! They have tried their best to get somewhere close to some of the best social networking sites but they just couldn’t. And somehow even they do not know the reason. They have tried their best to do unusual things (the Diwali background the blog) but have failed always.

Recently Google added some applications to orkut which the user can use in their profile to make his/her profile more attractive. Those apps when activated are visible to the general public (that is the basic of a public profile..right?) and they can also interact with those apps as per the application’s features.

So why is this attempt in vain?

When you activate any of those apps then they will show up right below your profile and this steals the show. Usually people in Orkut have real lengthy profiles and below it are the testimonials which they receive from their friends. These apps will show up below the testimonials (or testi as we call them) and hence 90% of the visitors may not even know that you are using some of those apps. They won’t even scroll that much!

Also as Orkut is very famous in India so they have launched some of the applications targeting the Indian customer base only.

India Dekha has been developed by Zoomtra.com in an effort to connect Indian Travel enthusiasts with one another. How much of India Have you traveled or plan to travel to in the future? Make your India Dekha! Map and share it with your friends.

Teen Patti - Indian version of 3 card poker; also known as flash. A multi-player game that you won’t be able to stop playing - once you start. A must play before and on Diwali for most Indian families, even losing in this game is supposed to bring you good luck. Get together with friends and have fun!

I am an Indian and I won’t be impressed until these apps show up at a more visible space than the usual which they have chosen.

Let us hope that these apps give Orkut some extra hype but as far as I am concerned it has failed to do so.