[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Zero wins!

Denny Vrandečić denny.vrandecic at wikimedia.de
Sun Mar 17 15:24:14 UTC 2013


Orkus was never "took over" by Google - it was created by Google in the
first place and always operated by them.




2013/3/17 Rand McRanderson <therandshow at gmail.com>

> Orkut used to dominate outside US and Europe. Then Google took over,
> neglected it and Facebook moved in. Classic big company takes small company
> and forgets about it
> On Mar 17, 2013 11:39 AM, "Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton" <
> rodrigo.argenton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Facebook here is more used than Google and Orkut, but they are well used
> > to, so... we really don't know why :)
> >
> >
> > On 17 March 2013 05:29, James Alexander <jamesofur at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Balázs Viczián <
> > > balazs.viczian at wikimedia.hu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > the favorit social media site in Brazil is Orkut. Far far more
> popular
> > > than
> > > > facebook. If you wish to have a strong social media presence there,
> > > you'll
> > > > have to be present on that.
> > > >
> > > > cheers, Balázs
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  Tom or someone else from Brazi would know better then me I'm sure but
> > that
> > > doesn't seem to have been true since 2011 (
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/ricardogeromel/2011/09/14/facebook-surpasses-orkut-owned-by-google-in-numbers-of-users-in-brazil/
> > > )
> > > . Looking at the numbers now (
> > > http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/BR) looks like FB is the #1
> site
> > > now (of course, it IS Alexa ;) ).
> > >
> > > James
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