Is Orkut dying?

I was just checking out 'Orkut' in google trends, yields the results which is not good for google.Look at the following chart to visualize this...

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Orkut's trend is in decreasing mode. This looks like dying very fast. This is not the same with other famous social networking sites like Myspace or Facebook. Look at the the charts for myspace and Facebook in the following figures.

Trends with facebook & Trends with myspace (Click the images to enlarge)

Finally look at the combined look of all these 3.

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Here we can get clearly that Orkut is dying very very fast. What could be the reasons for it?

Orkut is very famous of major regions are Brazil and India. In Brazil as of we know it has reached the maximum limit. So it is very very tough for Orkut to grow further in that area. Growth rate would be very very low. Next is India, as everybody know India tops in people but Orkut's growth rate is decreasing.. Why?

Here we have to look carefully.. Why could a service which is very popular in declining trend? As of i see there are couple of reasons.

1) As of i know anytime i hear about Orkut in News(especially India), There is something bad happened. Look at the following sources in CNN IBN,

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/schoolgirl-made-sexworker-on-orkut/top/32897-3.html

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cops-blame-internet-for-pune-rave/35248-3.html

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/underworld-wide-web-cops-scan-orkut/27382-3.html

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/buddhadeb-on-orkut-angers-fans/25993-3.html

There are so many other sources i can show how Orkut is not for India... This is the first reason the people started hating Orkut.

2. All major software companies in India blocked Orkut. Why am i mentioning this because most of the Indians use social networking sites from office, not from home.

3. Many colleges blocked Orkut because of the possibility of abuse.

These are the major reasons i believe. If you have another good reason why it is dying.. Just drop a comment ..I would love to add it..

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