Struggling Orkut turns 7

BANGALORE, INDIA: Orkut, the social networking site from Google, which is struggling hard to hold its ground, turned 7 years on Monday.

The site, which lost the number one spot in social networking platform following the assault by Facebook in recent times, celebrated the 7^th birthday with a new doodle.

“Today marks Orkut's 7th birthday, so to celebrate, we released a new doodle in Orkut. We'd like to thank our users, and to let you know we are here working hard on making orkut better for you,” Orkut said in a blog post on Monday.

It was in July 2010 that Facebook grabbed the number one position from Orkut. And more recently, according to a survey by Opera Mini, the mobile usage of Orkut has also come down.

According to the new Opera State of Mobile Web Report, Facebook overtook Orkut in the mobile space in India and is placed at #2. It said Orkut has slipped to the number four position, behind Google, Facebook and YouTube.

Now the million dollar question is, “Will Google be able to give a new lease of life to Orkut? Or will it be taken over by other social networking sites?