<s>
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
owned	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
was	O
named	O
after	O
its	O
creator	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
employee	O
Orkut	B-Application
Büyükkökten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
visited	O
websites	O
in	O
India	O
and	O
Brazil	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Orkut	B-Application
would	O
be	O
fully	O
managed	O
and	O
operated	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Brazil	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Belo	O
Horizonte	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
closing	O
Orkut	B-Application
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
download	O
their	O
profile	O
archive	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Takeout	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
's	O
features	O
and	O
interface	O
changed	O
significantly	O
with	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
where	O
one	O
can	O
only	O
view	O
profile	O
details	O
of	O
people	O
in	O
their	O
network	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
initially	O
allowed	O
anyone	O
to	O
visit	O
everyone	O
's	O
profile	O
,	O
unless	O
a	O
potential	O
visitor	O
was	O
on	O
a	O
person	O
's	O
"	O
Ignore	O
List	O
"	O
(	O
this	O
feature	O
was	O
eventually	O
changed	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
could	O
choose	O
between	O
showing	O
their	O
profile	O
to	O
all	O
networks	O
or	O
specified	O
ones	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
feature	O
was	O
that	O
any	O
member	O
can	O
add	O
any	O
other	O
member	O
on	O
Orkut	B-Application
to	O
his/her	O
"	O
Crush	O
List	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
's	O
competitors	O
were	O
other	O
social	O
networking	O
sites	O
including	O
Myspace	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
Ning	O
was	O
a	O
more	O
direct	O
competitor	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
allowed	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
social	O
networks	O
similar	O
to	O
Orkut	B-Application
's	O
"	O
communities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Orkut	B-Application
user	O
was	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
add	O
videos	O
to	O
their	O
profile	O
from	O
either	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
or	O
Google	B-Application
Video	O
with	O
the	O
additional	O
option	O
of	O
creating	O
either	O
restricted	O
or	O
unrestricted	O
polls	O
for	O
polling	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
integrate	O
GTalk	B-Application
with	O
Orkut	B-Application
,	O
enabling	O
chat	O
and	O
file	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
users	O
could	O
also	O
use	O
a	O
"	O
like	O
"	O
button	O
to	O
share	O
interests	O
with	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
arguably	O
'	O
the	O
only	O
thriving	O
social	O
networking	O
site	O
 '	O
in	O
India	O
during	O
2005	O
–	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
quietly	O
launched	O
on	O
January	O
22	O
,	O
2004	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
Büyükkökten	O
,	O
a	O
Turkish	O
software	O
engineer	O
,	O
developed	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
project	O
while	O
working	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
June	O
2004	O
,	O
Affinity	O
Engines	O
filed	O
suit	O
against	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
Büyükkökten	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
based	O
Orkut	B-Application
on	O
InCircle	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
allegation	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
9	O
identical	O
bugs	O
in	O
Orkut	B-Application
that	O
also	O
existed	O
in	O
InCircles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
25	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
redesign	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
UI	O
contained	O
round	O
corners	O
and	O
soft	O
colors	O
,	O
including	O
small	O
logotype	O
at	O
upper	O
left	O
corner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
most	O
users	O
on	O
Orkut	B-Application
could	O
see	O
changes	O
on	O
their	O
profile	O
pages	O
as	O
per	O
the	O
new	O
redesign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
new	O
features	O
including	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
you	O
view	O
your	O
friends	O
,	O
9	O
rather	O
than	O
8	O
of	O
your	O
friends	O
displayed	O
on	O
your	O
homepage	O
and	O
profile	O
page	O
and	O
basic	O
links	O
to	O
your	O
friends	O
 '	O
content	O
right	O
under	O
their	O
profile	O
picture	O
as	O
you	O
browse	O
through	O
their	O
different	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
announced	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
Orkut	B-Application
in	O
6	O
new	O
languages	O
:	O
Hindi	O
,	O
Bengali	O
,	O
Marathi	O
,	O
Tamil	O
,	O
Kannada	O
and	O
Telugu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
user	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
see	O
an	O
"	O
Updates	O
from	O
your	O
friends	O
"	O
box	O
on	O
the	O
homepage	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
possible	O
to	O
obtain	O
real-time	O
updates	O
when	O
friends	O
made	O
changes	O
to	O
their	O
profiles	O
,	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
in	O
case	O
someone	O
wanted	O
to	O
keep	O
some	O
information	O
on	O
their	O
profile	O
private	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
added	O
an	O
opt-out	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
settings	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
8	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
greeted	O
its	O
Indian	O
users	O
Happy	O
Diwali	O
by	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
change	O
their	O
Orkut	B-Application
look	O
to	O
a	O
Diwali-flavored	O
reddish	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
Fools	O
 '	O
Day	O
2008	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
temporarily	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
on	O
its	O
webpage	O
to	O
yogurt	O
,	O
apparently	O
as	O
a	O
prank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
2	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
launched	O
its	O
theming	O
engine	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
set	O
of	O
default	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
released	O
their	O
2nd	O
redesigned	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
send	O
invites	O
to	O
their	O
Orkut	B-Application
friends	O
to	O
join	O
this	O
new	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
used	O
Google	B-Language
Web	I-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
(	O
GWT	O
)	O
,	O
thus	O
making	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
AJAX	B-Device
in	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
stated	O
the	O
new	O
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
faster	O
,	O
simpler	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
customizable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
added	O
different	O
colours	O
choices	O
for	O
the	O
users	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
themes	O
were	O
eventually	O
removed	O
and	O
an	O
Orkut	B-Application
badge	O
was	O
visible	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
did	O
n't	O
change	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
Orkut	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
logo	O
also	O
had	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
My	O
"	O
in	O
it	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
My	O
Orkut	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
also	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
sign	O
in	O
with	O
their	O
Google	B-Application
Mail	O
,	O
or	O
Gmail	O
,	O
credentials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
New	O
Orkut	B-Application
,	O
users	O
had	O
two	O
options	O
to	O
message	O
friends	O
:	O
via	O
the	O
scrapbook	O
(	O
equivalent	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
wall	O
)	O
or	O
by	O
sending	O
a	O
private	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
New	O
Orkut	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
privacy	O
control	O
for	O
scraps	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
scrapbook	O
,	O
the	O
messages	O
system	O
was	O
disabled	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
for	O
those	O
still	O
using	O
the	O
old	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
created	O
a	O
strange	O
situation	O
in	O
which	O
messages	O
sent	O
by	O
a	O
user	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
version	O
to	O
someone	O
using	O
the	O
New	O
Orkut	B-Application
go	O
completely	O
unnoticed	O
by	O
its	O
recipient	O
(	O
the	O
New	O
Orkut	B-Application
does	O
not	O
inform	O
the	O
user	O
of	O
these	O
lost	O
messages	O
,	O
that	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
read	O
if	O
they	O
switch	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
old	O
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
any	O
online	O
social	O
networking	O
community	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fake	O
and	O
cloned	O
profiles	O
existed	O
on	O
Orkut	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
incidents	O
of	O
racism	O
among	O
Orkut	B-Application
users	O
were	O
reported	O
to	O
police	O
and	O
were	O
documented	O
in	O
Brazilian	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
judicial	O
measure	O
was	O
opened	O
by	O
the	O
Brazil	O
federal	O
justice	O
denouncing	O
a	O
20-year-old	O
student	O
accused	O
of	O
racism	O
against	O
those	O
of	O
Black	O
African	O
ancestry	O
and	O
spreading	O
defamatory	O
content	O
on	O
Orkut	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brazilian	O
Federal	O
Justice	O
subpoenaed	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2006	O
to	O
explain	O
the	O
crimes	O
that	O
had	O
occurred	O
in	O
Orkut	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
had	O
a	O
Report	O
Abuse	O
feature	O
available	O
for	O
all	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
communities	O
could	O
be	O
reported	O
if	O
they	O
contain	O
hateful/violent	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
Iran	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
website	O
was	O
then	O
blocked	O
by	O
the	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Groups	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
had	O
communities	O
dedicated	O
to	O
receiving	O
updates	O
on	O
the	O
newest	O
location	O
of	O
Iran	O
's	O
Orkut	B-Application
proxy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
time	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
possible	O
to	O
bypass	O
governmental	O
blockage	O
of	O
Orkut	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
site	O
had	O
closed	O
its	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
pages	O
on	O
all	O
anonymous	O
proxies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
other	O
sites	O
have	O
been	O
published	O
in	O
Iran	O
since	O
Orkut	B-Application
's	O
blockage	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
social-networking	O
model	O
–	O
examples	O
include	O
MyPardis	O
,	O
Cloob	O
and	O
Bahaneh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
3	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Gulf	O
News	O
revisited	O
the	O
issue	O
,	O
publishing	O
complaints	O
from	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
public	O
against	O
Orkut	B-Application
communities	O
like	O
"	O
Dubai	O
Sex	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
officially	O
bringing	O
the	O
complaints	O
to	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
the	O
state	O
telecom	O
monopoly	O
Etisalat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
July	O
4	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Etisalat	O
placed	O
a	O
renewed	O
ban	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
which	O
remained	O
in	O
effect	O
despite	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
promise	O
to	O
negotiate	O
the	O
ban	O
with	O
the	O
UAE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saudi	O
Arabia	O
is	O
another	O
country	O
that	O
had	O
blocked	O
access	O
to	O
Orkut	B-Application
,	O
while	O
Bahrain	O
's	O
Information	O
Ministry	O
was	O
also	O
under	O
pressure	O
to	O
follow	O
suit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
worm	O
steals	O
users	O
 '	O
banking	O
details	O
,	O
usernames	O
and	O
passwords	O
by	O
propagating	O
through	O
Orkut	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
infection	O
spread	O
automatically	O
by	O
posting	O
a	O
URL	O
in	O
another	O
user	O
's	O
Orkut	B-Application
Scrapbook	O
,	O
a	O
guestbook	O
where	O
visitors	O
could	O
leave	O
comments	O
visible	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
stealing	O
personal	O
information	O
,	O
the	O
malware	O
could	O
also	O
enable	O
a	O
remote	O
user	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
make	O
it	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
botnet	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
infected	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
they	O
might	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
an	O
XDCC	O
Botnet	B-Architecture
(	O
used	O
for	O
file	O
sharing	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
infection	O
link	O
might	O
be	O
sent	O
to	O
other	O
users	O
that	O
they	O
knew	O
in	O
the	O
Orkut	B-Application
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
statements	O
made	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
as	O
noted	O
in	O
Facetime	O
's	O
Greynets	O
Blog	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
implemented	O
a	O
temporary	O
fix	O
for	O
the	O
dangerous	O
worm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2007	O
Susam	O
Pal	O
and	O
Vipul	O
Agarwal	O
published	O
a	O
security	O
advisory	O
on	O
Orkut	B-Application
vulnerabilities	O
related	O
to	O
authentication	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vulnerabilities	O
were	O
considered	O
very	O
dangerous	O
in	O
cybercafes	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
man-in-the-middle	O
attack	O
as	O
they	O
could	O
lead	O
to	O
session	B-Protocol
hijacking	I-Protocol
and	O
misuse	O
of	O
legitimate	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vulnerabilities	O
were	O
not	O
known	O
to	O
be	O
fixed	O
yet	O
and	O
therefore	O
posed	O
threat	O
to	O
the	O
Orkut	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
week	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2007	O
Susam	O
Pal	O
published	O
another	O
security	O
advisory	O
which	O
described	O
how	O
the	O
Orkut	B-Application
authentication	O
issue	O
could	O
be	O
exploited	O
to	O
hijack	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
Gmail	O
sessions	O
and	O
misuse	O
the	O
compromised	O
account	O
of	O
a	O
legitimate	O
user	O
under	O
certain	O
conditions	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
by	O
a	O
Brazilian	O
user	O
called	O
"	O
Rodrigo	O
Lacerda	O
"	O
,	O
it	O
automatically	O
made	O
the	O
user	O
join	O
the	O
virus	O
related	O
community	O
and	O
infect	O
all	O
friends	O
 '	O
scrapbooks	O
with	O
copies	O
of	O
itself	O
,	O
the	O
worm	O
infected	O
over	O
700,000	O
Orkut	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
worm	O
spread	O
through	O
Orkut	B-Application
's	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
messages	O
that	O
contain	O
HTML	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
Bombay	O
High	O
Court	O
's	O
Aurangabad	O
bench	O
served	O
a	O
notice	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
for	O
allowing	O
a	O
hate	O
campaign	O
against	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
referred	O
to	O
a	O
community	O
on	O
Orkut	B-Application
called	O
'	O
We	O
Hate	O
India	O
 '	O
,	O
which	O
initially	O
carried	O
a	O
picture	O
of	O
an	O
Indian	O
flag	O
being	O
burned	O
and	O
some	O
anti-India	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
had	O
six	O
weeks	O
to	O
respond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
before	O
the	O
petition	O
was	O
filed	O
,	O
many	O
Orkut	B-Application
users	O
had	O
noticed	O
this	O
community	O
and	O
were	O
mailing	O
or	O
otherwise	O
messaging	O
their	O
contacts	O
on	O
Orkut	B-Application
to	O
report	O
the	O
community	O
as	O
bogus	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
which	O
could	O
result	O
in	O
its	O
removal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
60th	O
Independence	O
Day	O
of	O
India	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
's	O
main	O
page	O
was	O
revamped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
section	O
which	O
usually	O
displayed	O
a	O
collage	O
of	O
photos	O
of	O
various	O
people	O
,	O
showed	O
a	O
stylized	O
Orkut	B-Application
logo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
written	O
in	O
Devanagari	O
script	O
and	O
was	O
coloured	O
in	O
Indian	O
national	O
colours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clicking	O
on	O
the	O
logo	O
redirects	O
to	O
a	O
post	O
by	O
the	O
Orkut	B-Application
India	O
ProductManager	O
,	O
Manu	O
Rekhi	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Orkut	B-Application
internal	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
some	O
media	O
outcry	O
against	O
Orkut	B-Application
after	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
youngsters	O
were	O
apparently	O
lured	O
by	O
fake	O
profiles	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
and	O
later	O
murdered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Bombay	O
High	O
Court	O
asked	O
the	O
state	O
government	O
to	O
file	O
its	O
reply	O
in	O
connection	O
with	O
a	O
petition	O
demanding	O
a	O
ban	O
on	O
social	O
networking	O
site	O
,	O
Orkut	B-Application
,	O
for	O
hosting	O
an	O
anti-Shivaji	O
Web	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
NDPS	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
some	O
media	O
reports	O
,	O
the	O
police	O
were	O
deliberating	O
on	O
the	O
issue	O
of	O
charging	O
the	O
accused	O
under	O
the	O
(	O
Indian	O
)	O
Information	O
Technology	O
Act	O
,	O
2000	O
perhaps	O
because	O
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
mode	O
of	O
communication	O
for	O
drug	O
abuses	O
of	O
this	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
police	O
in	O
India	O
have	O
entered	O
into	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Orkut	B-Application
to	O
have	O
a	O
facility	O
to	O
catch	O
and	O
prosecute	O
those	O
misusing	O
Orkut	B-Application
since	O
complaints	O
are	O
rising	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
22	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Brazilian	O
Federal	O
Judge	O
José	O
Marcos	O
Lunardelli	O
ordered	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
release	O
by	O
September	O
28	O
Orkut	B-Application
user	O
's	O
information	O
of	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
about	O
twenty-four	O
Brazilian	O
nationals	O
,	O
believed	O
to	O
be	O
using	O
Orkut	B-Application
to	O
sell	O
drugs	O
and	O
to	O
be	O
involved	O
in	O
child	O
pornography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
judge	O
ordered	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
pay	O
$	O
23,000	O
per	O
day	O
in	O
fines	O
until	O
the	O
information	O
is	O
turned	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
Brazilian	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2006	O
Google	B-Application
has	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
not	O
release	O
the	O
information	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
that	O
the	O
requested	O
information	O
is	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
servers	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
and	O
not	O
Google	B-Application
servers	O
in	O
Brazil	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
therefore	O
not	O
subject	O
to	O
Brazilian	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
Orkut	B-Application
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
completely	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
profiles	O
,	O
scraps	O
,	O
testimonials	O
,	O
and	O
community	O
posts	O
could	O
be	O
exported	O
until	O
September	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
engineering	O
director	O
Paulo	O
Golgher	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
:	O
"	O
Over	O
the	O
past	O
decade	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
and	O
Google+	B-Application
have	O
taken	O
off	O
,	O
with	O
communities	O
springing	O
up	O
in	O
every	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
these	O
communities	O
has	O
outpaced	O
Orkut	B-Application
's	O
growth	O
,	O
we	O
've	O
decided	O
to	O
bid	O
Orkut	B-Application
farewell.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Orkut	B-Application
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
20	O
percent	O
project	O
in	O
which	O
Google	B-Application
workers	O
got	O
to	O
spend	O
a	O
fifth	O
of	O
their	O
time	O
on	O
ideas	O
not	O
necessarily	O
related	O
to	O
their	O
job	O
responsibilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
public	O
contents	O
of	O
all	O
public	O
communities	O
were	O
archived	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
and	O
are	O
available	O
permanently	O
for	O
consulting	O
online	O
in	O
the	O
Orkut	B-Application
Community	O
Archive	O
(	O
although	O
editing	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
possible	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
