Gmail and Orkut now open for many people, not everyone
For some years now, Google made big buzz by making people get an invitation from others before being able to sign up for Gmail and Orkut accounts. I have been giving out free Gmail invites since 2004, and free Orkut invites since 2005. Since last Wednesday, February 7th, 2007, there have been reports circling the web that Google has opened Gmail signups for everyone. In reality, however, Gmail is now open for people in some countries including North America, many countries in Europe and Middle East, Brazil, Africa, Australia, Russia and Japan.
People from almost everywhere have been able to open Orkut accounts on their own for a while now. Therefore, chances are you can now open a Gmail and Orkut account directly by opening a Google Account, without the need of any invitation.
You can read my previous Gmail and Orkut invitation posts to get an idea of what the invitation trend has been about. Thank you for allowing me to invite you to both services all these years. I have handed out around a 100 Orkut invites and over 300 Gmail invites so far, including one for CJ’s Gmail invite request yesterday. I still have the ability to send Gmail and Orkut invites to people who cannot open those accounts, though now for many people such invitations may probably work more as recommendations than actual invitations.
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( February 9th, 2007 at 11:30 am )
[...] has opened up Gmail for people in many countries. You can probably sign up directly without the need of an invite, and you can still request an [...]
( February 9th, 2007 at 2:41 pm )
Hmm, I never knew this…..
( February 9th, 2007 at 5:37 pm )
I love gmail. It took me a while to warm up to it, but now I’m hooked.
( February 10th, 2007 at 12:51 pm )
GMAIL should be opened to everyone, I love it! Better than hotmail and those other e-mail accounts. Orkut? I never heard about that before…
RE: Sure! I can’t wait to hear your list of 10 things
( February 11th, 2007 at 8:39 am )
Ah….Pengutaro you’re online!!! Haven’t reply your msg ‘cos my phone has no battery now. I forgot to bring my charger. Miss you so much!
( December 25th, 2007 at 9:21 pm )
well i dont find a reason to use orkut other than living in brazil.
my 2 cents.
( March 3rd, 2008 at 7:19 am )
Hey great, thanks for sharing information. Cool designed site by the way
( June 27th, 2008 at 1:02 pm )
orkut rocks
( July 26th, 2008 at 12:59 pm )
[following myself & replying to everyone, even though to many I've already replied before via e-mail :)]
Chau, yes. Even today not many people know about Orkut as Google has not been able to successfully market it to more than a few select countries it is already established in.
Ronalfy, thanks for sharing.
Vera, your wish has been answered by Gmail.
Jerine, yes, even though this was a comment from 2007, I’m also glad we’re communicating outside of this site.
Dan from orkut, thanks for the comment. Brazil, some parts of Asia & South-East Asia are the countries so far Orkut has been able to attract majority of its users from.
Do you use Orkut?
HidByProxy, thanks for the comment. And thanks for the complement.
mark, thanks for sharing. Do you use Orkut yourself still? Do you use other services that you may compare it with?
Thanks.
( July 30th, 2008 at 10:18 pm )
From yesterday orkut,gmail,hotmail etc. are not opening. But google and other sites like sharekhan.com are opening. Is this a virus? My friend is too facing the same problem…