Comments on: EngrishFunny Is Newest Site In Lolcats Empire

By: sohbet

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By: perde

perde — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:11:28 +0000

great topic

By: Daedalus Howell

Daedalus Howell — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:05:14 +0000

The LOL cat meme continues to scale the social ladder.

Check out, Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman’s LOL cat-inspired post at the NYTimes.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.c.....-few-days/

Credit to http://attentionusa.wordpress.com/ for its blog title “I can has Nobel Prize?”

By: OnceUponAWin Adds Some Nostalgia To The Lolcats Network

OnceUponAWin Adds Some Nostalgia To The Lolcats Network — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:59:11 +0000

[...] blogs in the network include IHasAHotDog and EngrishFunny, which launched in August. CrunchBase Information Pet Holdings, Inc. Information provided by CrunchBase [...]

By: In These Dark Times, We Turn To Lolcats For Comfort | NewsMeToday

In These Dark Times, We Turn To Lolcats For Comfort | NewsMeToday — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:31:23 +0000

[...] August, the network reported a 43.5% leap in revenue month-over-month, coinciding with the launch of new blogs EngrishFunny (a site making fun of phrases poorly translated into English) and [...]

By: stuffonmycat.com - für 3 Mill $

stuffonmycat.com - für 3 Mill $ — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:09:17 +0000

[...] Ich bin inzwischen großer Fan der LoL-Catz (Icanhascheezburger.com). Vorraussetzung sind ein wenig Englisch-Kenntnisse, um den Witz an der ganzen Sache zu verstehen. Die Seite wurde vor einiger Zeit für knapp 2 Mill. USD verkauft. Hier sind zwei ganz interessante Interviews: @Revision3 (super Interview) und @Techcrunch [...]

By: I can haz book dealz? « ThinkingShift

I can haz book dealz? « ThinkingShift — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:04:00 +0000

[...] company that bought the LOLCats site (Pet Holdings Inc) has just launched a new site in its portfolio. Called [...]

By: Black Tactics Marketing

Black Tactics Marketing — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:31:31 +0000

Why is everyone bashing these guys? They took a smart business idea and ran with it. they provide funny and relevant content to millions of users a day, is it a crime to make money off it?

Money makes the world go round folks. There’s nothing “free” in this world.

By: AIDS

AIDS — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:24:45 +0000

I wish that Anonymous would continue DDoS’ing the hell out of these thieves, bastardizing free memes that were fine and hilarious all on their own, for the sake of money.

Everything the ICanHasCheezburger group has done is contrived and highly unoriginal, and definitely not as funny or humorous as the original.

I’ll go so far as to say that they’re as horrible as EbaumsWorld as far as stealing content and branding it with their company logo.

Free memes were and always will be superior because they survive, thrive, die off, and leave the rest to evolve into something new, just like creatures in nature. If anyone ever actually studied memes (Richard Dawkins) then they would realize that this is the TRUE mechanism behind them, not a stupid image app that puts Impact text with crappy grammar over a cat picture “so everyone can be hilarious!11″

Sorry kids, not everyone can be funny and original.

By: techy

techy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:47:45 +0000

How many PVs does it get a day? My guess, not enough.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:04:59 +0000

I have to agree - this is blatant rip off of Engrish.com. Couldn’t they just change the name? I hope that the original site wins the battle.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:42:21 +0000

Hardly an original site; http://www.engrish.com has been around far longer with better content!

By: Adam Poots

Adam Poots — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:39:37 +0000

ITS CALLED ENGRISH.COM STOP CAPITALIZING ON OTHER PEOPLES IDEAS AND HARD WORK AND CREATE SOMETHING NEW.

By: Jon Kepler

Jon Kepler — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:39:38 +0000

One thing’s for sure: when they release a new Facebook application, I’ll hear about it from you first!

By: ET

ET — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:10:30 +0000

Straight jacked http://www.engrish.com and lost all the talent went with the 2 million dollars.

By: links for 2008-08-19 « 個人的な雑記

links for 2008-08-19 « 個人的な雑記 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:23 +0000

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By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:01:03 +0000

Yeah right! Those numbers don’t add up dude. Here’s what I think the problem is when a lot of these start-up guys get into running websites. They don’t have a clue about the rates at which niches monetize.

First of all, this kind of entertainment has about the lowest cpm rates of any type of content you can think of. You know how many work at home independent webmasters there are to compete with in this kind of content??? They are the stainless steel providers of time wasting content who do not have outside investment or employees.

Pet Holdings, Inc. unfortunately bought themselves into the wrong niche right up to the hilt. I’d say this shows a total lack of experience about monetizing content. They would have done well to lurk in webmaster forums before embarking on this start-up adventurism.

The guy seems nice enough, but this is a story that ends in tears. You can talk about memes all you want, but memes are pretty much free. They don’t earn money.

If you are an independent webmaster working from home, you can make some nice coin with a network like this. Many already do with bigger traffic than Pet Holding has. If you are taking on investors and employees you are setting yourself up for a not so comfortable place on the fail blog. I Can Haz Cheezburger is their only unique offering, and I find it pretty weak in the whole viral humor niche. All the other sites they have are also-rans with nothing unique about them. This is being done much better by other independent sites.

Massive Effing Fail

By: I can has bizness model? » mathewingram.com/work |

I can has bizness model? » mathewingram.com/work | — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:44:02 +0000

[...] to co-founder Ben Huh, who talked with Mike Arrington on video in the TechCrunch founder’s backyard recently (embedded below), the company plans to launch some other sites soon, and also wants to [...]

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:10:28 +0000

I agree with those asking for some clarification on the cash flow (and no, I’m afraid that I can’t be bothered to watch the video - that’s not why I come here)

If it really is revenue per page of $0.80 that puts daily revenue somewhere not that far south of $3 million a day. Michael can haz calclater plz?

Were you, as others suggest, actually talking about revenue per thousand pages?

By: scarabic

scarabic — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:33:47 +0000

Me three… been enjoying that site for years. I mean, this seems like a good thing for the LOLcats army to tackle, and I’m sure the new site will be good, but the name is a little close for comfort.

By: pirco

pirco — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:42:46 +0000

I was just about to say… engrish.com was there for years. and successful, too, I believe.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:06:09 +0000

@ uvox

There’s also this site: http://www.hanzismatter.com/

By: silicon valley dropout

silicon valley dropout — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:47:22 +0000

i never knew ben was asian

but that site shows that you dont have to blog about tech or celebs to make money

By: Goldie Wilson

Goldie Wilson — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:29:08 +0000

The Cheezburger Gang is awesome!! A true study on viral growth, impressive content and staying relevant, they are like digg was 3 years ago.

Sadly, I dont think most TC readers understand the subtle brilliance of the cheezburger.

KTHXBAI (LOL speak for the less gifted frequenters of this site)

By: Jade

Jade — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:23:40 +0000

Seems to be just a rip off of Engrish.com