Cute Overload
Cute Overload was a blog featuring commentary, photos and videos related to various aspects of cuteness in animals. The site was created by Megan Frost. It ranked #803 in the most influential English blog list compiled by Technorati,{{cite web |url=http://technorati.com/blogs/cuteoverload.com |title=Technorati |date=14 March 2011 |accessdate=14 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603205131/http://technorati.com/blogs/cuteoverload.com/ |archivedate=3 June 2011 }} #16,387 in Alexa's "World Traffic Ranking"{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cuteoverload.com |title=Alexa |date=14 Mar 2011 |accessdate=14 Mar 2011 |archive-date=25 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525132011/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cuteoverload.com/ |url-status=dead }} and, according to Quantcast, it received an average of 33,700 visits per day in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.quantcast.com/cuteoverload.com |title=Quantcast |date=14 March 2011 |accessdate=14 March 2011}} On January 18, 2016, the site announced it was closing down.{{cite web|author1=Meg|title=Thank you for a Decade of Cute!|url=http://cuteoverload.com/2016/01/18/thank-you-for-a-decade-of-cute/|website=Cute Overload|accessdate=29 January 2016|date=January 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127091539/http://cuteoverload.com/2016/01/18/thank-you-for-a-decade-of-cute/|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=dead}}
Awards
Cute Overload won the 2006 Webby Awards "People's Voice" honors in the blog category,{{cite web|url=http://webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=10#webby_entry_blog_culture|title=2006 Webby Winners|access-date=2006-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412184429/http://webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=10#webby_entry_blog_culture|archive-date=2006-04-12|url-status=dead}}Newsday, Cool 2 Use. July 18, 2006. Part 2, page B02. the 2007 Bloggies for Best American Weblog,{{cite web|url=http://2007.bloggies.com|title=2007 Weblog Awards}} and the 2009 "Weblog Awards" winner as "Best Topical Weblog".{{cite web |url=http://2009.bloggi.es |title=Weblog Awards, the 2009 bloggies |date=March 16, 2009 |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}
"Rules of Cuteness"
The website featured "Rules of Cuteness", an evolving list of characteristics of cuteness:
- Rule #1: Paw up in the air
- Rule #2: Look helpless.
- Rule #3: An inquisitive look.
- Rule #4: More than one species of baby flopping around is cute.
- Rule #5: Fisheye lens + baby animal is always cute.{{cite web|title=The Rules of Cuteness — Cute Overload|url=http://cuteoverload.com/tag/the-rules-of-cuteness/|accessdate=14 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409205713/http://cuteoverload.com/tag/the-rules-of-cuteness/|archive-date=9 April 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=The Rules of Cuteness — Cute Overload |url=http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/cat3923167/|accessdate=3 March 2016}}
- Rule #6: Mimicking humans is cute.
- Rule #7: A thing, accompanied by a smaller version of that thing, is always cute.{{Cite web|title=Deviled Ostrich Egg (with Pictures) - Instructables |url=https://www.instructables.com/Deviled-Ostrich-Egg/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.instructables.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/cuteoverload.com CuteOverload.com on Internet Archive Wayback Machine]