Orkut was a social network designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. Launched January 24, 2004; shut down September 30, 2014 — it lived 10 years. One of 12 Google products killed in 2014. Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google. The service was designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. The website was named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).