There's a war in Brazil between Google Brazil/Orkut and Federal Authorities, this war may close Google Brazil Office. Google Inc. sad today that Orkut may be blocked for brazilians or will close the site.
For more informations I have a blog in pt-br about Google (http://googlediscovery.blogspot.com).
Tks! |
yeah, why would Google want to keep Orkut /Brazil office open ??
After all, there are about 20Million users and the Brazilian governments wants to sue Google for $60.Milloon.. ..that works out to $2Million per user..!!
Hello-- knock knock--who is paralyzed in the head on this round.. ? |
Isn't Brazil that only Country in which Orkut has a significant user base? TonyB
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Yes Tony, about 65 % if I'm not mistaken.
/pd, if there are 20 Million users and the amount Google's being sued is 60 Million, then isn't that $3 per user ? |
Orkut in Brazil is like MySpace for americans, everybody is in orkut all the time, people at home, at company... Google controls more than 20 millions of brazilians... this is something complicated... I think is better to finish Orkut... if only block Orkut... Google may be lost your image for brazilians... |
huh ?? Correct..$3/- .. my calc was not working :)- |
If Orkut loses their Brasilian share then it's as good as dead (in terms of statistics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkut#Popularity_in_Brazil |
25 million * 65 % = 16,250,00
Meaning Orkut's Userbase will be 8,750,000
(Is my Math Right ?) |
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't membership in Orkut by invitation of other members? That is a major reason it has not gained traction anywhere else.
Tony |
Stats of Orkut (July) 9,6 billions of page views +/-20 millions of brazilians users Most popular site of Brazil |