Winners for New Orkut Invitations
This is an update to our post announcing new Orkut invitation giveaway!
First, I must say response for new Orkut invitation is much more than we have expected earlier.
Adieu to InsideOrkut – Greatest Orkut Blog Ever!
One of the greatest and first blog dedicated to orkut – InsideOrkut has been officially closed by its founder Darnell Clayton.
Darnell and his InsideOrkut inspired many geeks to start dedicated Orkut blogs. Gaurav Dua’s OrkutPlus is most notable of all of them. Darnell was the first person to tell me to go for professional blogging.
Orkut Gave Facelift To Email Notifications Again!
Orkut improved their email notifications in past many times but recent improvements are the best one!
It has clean white background and all helpful links organized in sections.
Orkut Moved Adsense Ads Above The Fold!
A bad update for all Orkut users!
Orkut started showing adsense ads above the fold now. This is at the place where you used to see “my friends”.
They have shifted “my friends” section below. Orkut was showing adsense ads from last few month but earlier they were below “my friends” block.
If you find this is irritating you can use AdBlock firefox extension.
Orkut is highlighting scraps sent from mobile
Orkut added support from mobile Orkutting sometime back by creating a mobile optimized version at m.orkut.com.
Today I noticed some scraps were marked as being “sent from orkut mobile” as highlighted below.
Initially, I confused it with scraps sent from mobile phones as SMS.
Orkut Released Knight Riders Theme
Orkut, anticipating heat of Indian Premier League event, released a special theme for Knight Riders fans.
This theme can be activated from Theme Settings section and is available till 24th May (IPL’s final match date).
Below is screenshot of my Orkut Homepage after activating this theme. Being fan of Knight Riders, I am happy to see this theme.
How To Hide Scrapbook Completely From Your Friends on Orkut!
Ketan Goyal and few other readers are interested in hiding their Orkut scrapbook from their Orkut friends.
Sometimes it happens that you get a friend request from a bully from your school or workplace. You love your privacy but you cannot reject his request as you are in same social circle.
[How To] Disable Google Talk Popup Chat Windows in Orkut
Sometime back Orkut added complete support for Google-Talk popup chat windows. This is different than earlier Google Talk integration where your Orkut friends gets added to Google Talk chat list automatically.
This recent integration opens all active Google Talk chat windows when you move from one Orkut window to another Orkut window seamlessly.
Orkut Introduced Inline Photo Commenting in Activity Stream
Activity stream or updates from friends on your Orkut homepage shows among other things photo related updates from your friend.
Earlier, if somebody post a comment on your friend’s you need to go to that photo to reply to it.
Details about Orkut’s javasript:void(0), temporarily block and other errors
I get a lot of questions asking about javasript:void(0), temporarily block and few related error on Orkut. Even though these error are old now, some users still gets confused. There is no quick solution to this.
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