orkut Feeds your Needs

Posted by Nandini Kappiah, Software Engineer

Over the years we have seen a lot of great ideas and requests come in through our help center. A lot of you have been asking for the ability to share more photos and to add blogs, and we've heard you. Rather than create a whole separate photo or blog feature, now you can bring in info from sites you already use, through feeds. Feeds make it easy for you to share your blog, photos, events, bookmarks and more through your orkut profile. You can pull in your blog from Blogger or LiveJournal, or your photos on Picasa Web Albums or Flickr, or your status from Twitter -- and the list goes on. Any sharing site that has feed capabilities (most do; check out your most-visited sites to find out), can be added to your orkut profile. Simply click on edit feeds in your left navigation, and type in the URLs for up to 5 sites. We make it even easier by auto-detecting if you have a Picasa Web Album or a Blogger blog. Once added, the titles of the feeds will show up on your profile so your friends can enjoy reading your blog, viewing your most recent photos, or checking out your favorite sites from right within orkut!