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> Google couldn't make a dent in social media Google had a pretty popular network in some countries called Orkut. Google Talk was fairly popular as well. Googl
by sumedh 5y ago
> Google couldn't make a dent in social media
Google had a pretty popular network in some countries called Orkut. Google Talk was fairly popular as well. Google could have just focused on making them better instead of creating new products like Google +, Buzz, Wave, and multiple chat apps.
- vishnugupta 5y agoOrkut was reasonably popular in my part of the world until (not necessarily because of) Google bought it.
- blowski 5y agoIt was really popular in Brazil until 2008-ish.
- ab_testing 5y agoIt was not bought by Google. It was developed by a Google employee while at Google as part of the 20% time on a side project.
- vishnugupta 5y agoWow, I had no idea. TIL. Now when I think about it I can't recall the source of my "knowledge"; I somehow ended up believing that Google bought Orkut.