There were not many good blogs to choose from in the "Amusing Animals" industry. Possibly because people who have nothing better to do with all their free time than take pictures of their pet (child) wearing a different pet outfit every day don't tend to be the most interesting people. Here are my top three.
This blog is the pinnacle of western civilization as far as I'm concerned. It combines pictures of cute animals with a sort of "animal Ebonics" to create content that will make you laugh and go "awwwww" at the same time. The format is simple, with user-submitted pictures comprising most of the content. The pictures all contain the same font and size lettering, but the caption on each is different. Each post contains just one picture, and then a link containing a response picture. The audience for this web site is people who think that pretending animals can talk is funny, and I hope that is everyone.
Cute overload is like I Can Has Cheezburger? without the captions. Its posts are also comprised of user submitted pictures. The difference is that cute overload doesn't mess around when it comes to cute. The design is a white background with pastel colors to highlight the fact that the blog is all about the cute. The animals are mostly babies, and almost always stare, wide-eyed, directly at the camera. The audience for this blog is people who love animals, obviously.
After those first two blogs above, the quality of animal related blogs drops off substantially. I had to choose between a blog where a woman posted pictures of her cat next to pictures of her feet in knitted socks, and a blog where one poor, pathetic looking pug was subjected to the most humiliating outfits on an almost daily basis. I chose the latter. Although Riley is made to wear thermal pajamas, t-shirts, and Halloween costumes, he always has the same adorable confused look on his face. Ok, I can see what people like about this blog, even if it makes me want to create "Free Riley" t-shirts. The audience for this blog? Somewhere between people who like cute things, and people who want children.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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