I Can Haz Cheezburger has mainstreamed the internet cat. It seems like the internet has gone to the cats. There’s even an agency dedicated to “catvertising” dedicated to integrating cats into every internet experience. But is it really all cats? I performed some scientific tests to find out who gets more pixels and posts, cats or dogs?
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Cats |
Dogs |
| Bing Results |
458,000,000 |
525,000,000 |
| Google Search Results |
456,000,000 |
554,000,000 |
| Search volume over the last 7 years | ||
| Tone of comments about cats and dogs on Twitter. |
49% negative |
36% negative |
| Fans on Facebook |
573,810 |
842,374 |
| You Tube Videos |
861,000 |
1,140,000 |
| Klout Score |
31 |
29 |
All of this data leads to two undisputable conclusions:
1) Klout scores are not to be trusted
2) Cats have not taken over the internet, in fact dogs rule the web.
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