Orkut, the other social networking site from Google, which has been around for about seven years and has millions of users, will continue to operate alongside the new Google+ for the time being. Google has kept its options open regarding fusing the two sites through some kind of integration in future.
When asked what the future holds for Orkut, a Google spokeswoman said over e-mail, "Orkut and Google+ are different products, and will both exist. Over time, we'll determine what makes the most sense in terms of integrating these products,"
Riding on Google+, the company is expecting to compete with Facebook, a social networking site with tighter and easier to configure privacy features.
Google is hoping that though Facebook is the dominant player in social networking, a good number of its users feel uneasy about its privacy controls that they would be willing to switch to a rival that offered them improvements in that area.
Yet Google has no imminent plans to shut down Orkut, which is a good news for the users.
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