Orkut Has a New Look

Orkut, the social networking site now has a new look. The site has come up with several changes since its inception.

Orkut has brought people closer to each other and users can now tell the world their story as to how the site has helped them. When users change their profile picture, they can crop it as per their requirements. The format of sending scraps has also been enhanced. Now, users can add pictures and videos as against the earlier form of text scraps. Thus birthday wishes can be uploaded on YouTube and this video can be attached to so the friend can experience a live birthday wish. When a user views their friends list of communities, there is a new tab “mutual communities” where common communities between the user and the friend can be viewed.

The interface displays security tips for users.

Users in the United States of America have the additional tab “friends map”. The user just has to click on the area and can see friends in that area.

Orkut won the coveted title of Youth Icon 2007 at the recent 'Pepsi-MTV Youth Icon 2007'. The nominees were Abhishek Bachchan, Rang De Basanti, Multimedia Cell Phones and Orkut. Orkut now joins the league of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2006), Shah Rukh Khan (2005), Rahul Dravid (2004) and Anil Ambani (2003) as the winners of Pepsi-MTV Youth Icon.

Orkut users can now start blogging as Orkut have promised to introduce a new feature for blogging.