What's going on next to our blog

Posted by Natalie Schwartz, orkut team

We noticed the other day, after we added yet another link to the right-hand nav of our blog, that there is quite a lot going on over there. We thought it might be helpful to provide a short description for each item, so here is a top-to-bottom list of the tools and links we have listed.

• Search box: search our blog for quick access to past posts
• "Join orkut" button: chances are good that you're already a member, but just in case ;)
• Site feed: learn how to read our blog's content through other feed reading services, such as netvibes, pageflakes, or iGoogle
• "+ Google" button: quickly add our blog to your iGoogle homepage or Google Reader account
• Archives: browse past posts by month
• Email us your thoughts: pretty self explanatory, but please keep sending your feedback!
• Orkut birthday gadget: add a gadget to your iGoogle homepage so you can keep track of your friends' birthdays without keeping orkut open all day long
• Orkut demographics: we added this link in response to popular demand
  
• Share your orkut stories: we have featured several of these on our blog and on the orkut site, so keep them coming
• We've also provided links to a number of other products that are popular among orkut users, as well as links to dozens of other Google blogs

We hope this helps you take full advantage of the tools and links that accompany our posts.