Orkut: Will Shut Down on September 30 2014

Most used ORKUT will be no longer available from September 30 2014

Orkut, launched in 2004 and named after Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten, who created it. For years it was the leading social network. It has surpassed by Facebook in January 2012.

Orkut was very popular in Brazil, Orkut was also heavily used in India, but never gained traction in the U.S. and with the creation of Google+ three years ago, the end of Orkut was only a matter of time.

"It's been a great 10 years, and we apologize to those still actively using the service. We hope people will find other online communities to spark more conversations and build even more connections for the next decade and beyond." - by Paulo Golgher, Engineering Director, Orkut.

 Source: http://en.blog.orkut.com/2014/06/tchau-orkut.html