Cute Overload

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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, ^[1] #16,387 in Alexa's "World Traffic Ranking" ^[2] and, according to Quantcast, it received an average of 33,700 visits per day in 2011. ^[3] On January 18, 2016, the site announced it was closing down. ^[4]

Awards

Cute Overload won the 2006 Webby Awards "People's Voice" honors in the blog category, ^{[5] [6]} the 2007 Bloggies for Best American Weblog, ^[7] and the 2009 "Weblog Awards" winner as "Best Topical Weblog". ^[8]

"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. ^{[9] [10]}
• Rule #6: Mimicking humans is cute.
• Rule #7: A thing, accompanied by a smaller version of that thing, is always cute. ^[11]

References

1. "Technorati". 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
2. "Alexa". 14 Mar 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 14 Mar 2011.
3. "Quantcast". 14 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
4. Meg (January 18, 2016). "Thank you for a Decade of Cute!". Cute Overload. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
5. "2006 Webby Winners". Archived from the original on 2006-04-12. Retrieved 2006-08-18.
6. Newsday, Cool 2 Use. July 18, 2006. Part 2, page B02.
7. "2007 Weblog Awards".
8. "Weblog Awards, the 2009 bloggies". March 16, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
9. "The Rules of Cuteness — Cute Overload". Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
10. "The Rules of Cuteness — Cute Overload" . Retrieved 3 March 2016.
11. "Deviled Ostrich Egg (with Pictures) - Instructables". www.instructables.com. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

External links

• CuteOverload.com on Internet Archive Wayback Machine