Orkut is a social networking service which is run by Google and named after its creator, an Orkut Buyukkokten. The service states that it was designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships.Since October 2006, Orkut has permitted users to create accounts without an invitation.
Orkut is the most trafficked website in Brazil and second most visited site in India. A large percentage of users in India are high school and college students. The initial target market for Orkut was the United States, but the majority of its users are in Brazil and India. In fact, as of May 2008, 53.86% of Orkut's users are from Brazil, followed by India with 16.97% and 23.4% of the traffic comes from Brazil, followed by India with 18.0%.

Originally hosted in California, in August 2008 Google announced that Orkut will be fully managed and operated in Brazil, by Google Brazil, in the city of Belo Horizonte. This was decided due to the large Brazilian user base and growth of legal issues.

Orkut is a site where the users can share photos and videos with their friends who may live at far of places. It plays a vital role in maintaining and affirming relationships. Well, it’s a common roof where the users get a opportunity to share their ideas and views. Strangers become friend and friends become even more closer.

There are many features incorporated to Orkut. These are scrap book, community etc

Scrapbook:

"Scrapping" is popular among the Orkut community as a form of offline and online communication. In December 2007, the ability to pop up alerts immediately when a scrap is received was added. The scrap feature is sometimes used for chatting.

Community

Its one of the most efficient feature of Orkut. It’s a place where people of similar thoughts meet and share ideas to flourish in their respective area of concern…
Its still more to know about it. The users explains its worth better than any one