Cute Overload Explained

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 features "Rules of Cuteness", an evolving list of characteristics of cuteness, several of which include the following:

• Rule #1: Putting your paw up.
• 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]

External links

• CuteOverload.com on Internet Archive Wayback Machine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Technorati . 14 March 2011 . 14 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110603205131/http://technorati.com/blogs/cuteoverload.com/ . 3 June 2011 .
2. Web site: Alexa . 14 Mar 2011 . 14 Mar 2011 . 25 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090525132011/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cuteoverload.com/ . dead .
3. Web site: Quantcast . 14 March 2011 . 14 March 2011.
4. Web site: Meg. Thank you for a Decade of Cute!. Cute Overload. 29 January 2016. January 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160127091539/http://cuteoverload.com/2016/01/18/thank-you-for-a-decade-of-cute/. 27 January 2016. dead.
5. Web site: 2006 Webby Winners. 2006-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20060412184429/http://webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=10#webby_entry_blog_culture. 2006-04-12. dead.
6. Newsday, Cool 2 Use. July 18, 2006. Part 2, page B02.
7. Web site: 2007 Weblog Awards.
8. Web site: Weblog Awards, the 2009 bloggies . March 16, 2009 . July 20, 2010.
9. Web site: The Rules of Cuteness — Cute Overload. 14 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110409205713/http://cuteoverload.com/tag/the-rules-of-cuteness/. 9 April 2011. dead.
10. Web site: The Rules of Cuteness — Cute Overload . 3 March 2016.
11. Web site: Deviled Ostrich Egg (with Pictures) - Instructables . 2021-01-20. www.instructables.com.