Google's Orkut: A World of Ambition

Business Week by Olga Kharif | May. 18, 2008 (News Report)

Seizing on Orkut's momentum in Asia and Latin America, Google moves to revamp its social networking site and take aim at Facebook and MySpace Full Story »

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 by Barry Grossheim - May. 19, 2008

Google takes on MySpace, Facebook and other better known social sites with its Orkut networking site that up to now has been best know in Brazil and Asia. Can Google’s easy to use features be transferred to this new venture? This column looks at those questions and more. Especially whether it can be profitable.

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