Orkut bigger than Facebook!

Strange but true, all because of the 15.6 billion page views monthly in Brazil, where it is quite the phenomenon, despite little promotion activity down that way, it just kinda happened.

Looks like the name was a big help down there, being a Portuguese name. Perhaps the stupid name is what has held it back elsewhere? Why not call it Google Buddies?

In total Orkut receives "38.2 billion page views a month worldwide, 7.8 billion more than Facebook, according to comScore Media Metrix." Consequently it is being relaunched elsewhere, with a facelift and some multimedia enhancements.

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