Orkut may not have come over issues like: fake profiles, terrorist activity, hate groups, servers down etc etc etc, But, it did manage to win MTV Youth Icon 2007 Award.
Since it is hot spot of most youngsters, Orkut a winner did not surprise many. It was pitted against: Abhishek Bachchan, Bollywood film Rang De Basanti, multimedia cellphone and you(th).
To celebrate the success, a special orkut community Pepsi & MTV’s Youth Icon 2007 has been created to thank all orkut users for their support, where you can tell about yourself, chat with MTV VJs, vote in different polls, participate in contests and win exciting prizes.
Previous winner of Youth icon include: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2006), Shah Rukh Khan (2005), Rahul Dravid (2004) and Anil Ambani (2003). Watch the special video of youngster showing support for Orkut here.
Previously orkut also won PC World India’s Award for the “Best Social Networking Website”.
January 24th, 2008 at 10:28 am
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