An End To Orkut: Backup Your Personal Data

It was 11 hours ago I got an email from Orkut with the subject 'A Farewell to Orkut'. It was very obvious that the end of orkut was close but it still managed to survive somehow after the facebook hype along with introduction to Google+. It has its maximum number of users from Brazil and India to which it continued to provide service ever after monetary losses since 2010. But it's high time for Orkut to remain as a part of Internet says Google Marketers and they don't see much profit in dedicating their effort and funds for such a project.  Given below is the email.

A Farewell to Orkut

After ten years of sparking conversations and forging connections, we have decided it's time for us to start saying goodbye to Orkut. Over the past decade, YouTube, Blogger and Google+ have taken off, with communities springing up in every corner of the world. Because the growth of these communities has outpaced Orkut's growth, we've decided to focus our energy and resources on making these other social platforms as amazing as possible for everyone who uses them.
We will shut down Orkut on September 30, 2014. Until then, there will be no impact on you, so you may have time to manage the transition. You can export your profile data, community posts and photos using Google Takeout (available until September 2016). We are preserving an archive of all public communities, which will be available online starting September 30, 2014. If you don't want your posts or name to be included in the community archive, you can remove Orkut permanently from your Google account. Please visit our Help Center for any further details.
It's been a great 10 years, and we apologize to those of you still actively using the service. We hope you will find other online communities to spark more conversations and build even more connections for the next decade and beyond.

So you might ask what have I got to do with this shutdown and the best answer to this is if you ever care of your personal stuffs on Orkut its mandatory to follow the below process.

In order to download your Orkut information, you must be the owner of the account. Some Orkut information can be downloaded using Google Takeout in a single ZIP file containing HTML files and JPEG photos.

You can download these items from Orkut:

• Your profile
• Scraps received
• Testimonials received
• Activities
• Your photos

Note that you can only export the testimonials and scraps you have received and their comments.

To download your Orkut information:

1. Go to the Google Takeout page.
2. Click Choose services and then select Orkut.
3. Click Create archive.
4. Wait for the archive to be ready. It may take some time. Optionally, you can be warned by email when it's ready.
5. When it's ready, click download.

There's no limit on how many times your Orkut information can be downloaded.