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LOLCats Site Actually Making Money

by Terrence O'Brien on March 24, 2009 at 07:10 AM

I Can Has Sucksesful Bizness Model?
The lolcats fad simply refuses to die. Case in point, "I Can Has Cheezburger," the go-to Web site for pictures of cats with funny captions and poor grammar, is not only seeing increased traffic with every month, but it's actually making money. Shortly after the site launched in January of 2007, it was snatched up by a company called Pet Holdings Inc., which has miraculously been able to turn Internet fads into profitable businesses.

Pet Holdings owns several popular Web sites in addition to "I Can Has Cheezburger," including the always entertaining Fail Blog, GraphJam (which distills life into a series of charts and graphs), and Engrish Funny (which features hilariously poor translations of signs).

While Pet Holdings founder Ben Huh told Slate that his business is not a "cash cow," it is profitable, which is more than many Web sites can claim -- even those that offered a valuable service, like the now-defunct Pownce and I Want Sandy.


Since Huh plans to continue expanding his company's stable of simple, entertaining sites, we have to hope for some more interesting offerings than loldogs and lol celebs. [From: Slate]

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