Caught in a Bunderstorm of Web Traffic

This past week, Cuteoverload, one of my favorite websites for all that is cute, featured one of my photos, a silly picture that I had taken of my girlfriend getting mauled by bunnies. It was a ferocious attack, rivaled only by the carnage seen in Night of the Lepus and delivered with the fury of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
This caused more traffic then my little blog / portfolio has ever seen. When the Silverstein video debuted on MTV, I saw a few dozen extra hits and some new search results hitting my site, mostly along the lines of “music video where dude steals diamond.” My stats went from 70 hits to 1,237. I’ve since gone back to my normal traffic. My internet fame was fun while it lasted.
This however, made me feel a little bad for my visitors, as all of them immediately hit up the photography section, hoping for some more cute animal photography. Alas, they were probably disappointed, seeing only indie-rock bands and tour photos. This made me decide to add a new category in my photography, which will be popping up in the coming weeks.

That being said, here’s a random photo of my bunny, Ash, sitting on my bed. Yes, he is the size of a small dog now. Seriously, compare him to the size of those black pillows. It’s ridiculous.
Be sure to check out the actual page on Cuteoverload. That’s my girlie. Read the comments, they are sure to make you laugh, as she certainly is “trapped in a bunderstorm.”
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/09/halp.html
Life updates? I’m meeting with the artist who is designing my half sleeve tomorrow and, checking out the Eastern State Penitentiary for the first time. Should be a nice night full of fun photos and hopefully, an awesome looking sketch of my future ink.
I’ll be meeting with some of my friends in Houston Calls and Socratic for a top secret web project. Very exciting. If you don’t know either of those two bands, shame on you. Houston Calls toured Australia with Yellowcard last year, and Socratic just finished producing their new album with Mark Hoppus of Blink182 fame. The site is set to launch at the end of the year, and man, it is going to be one fun endeavor. Details to follow.
Also, everyone, please try some of the Halo III Edition Mountain Dew. It takes like you are drinking Starbursts out of a can. It is pure happiness.
“trapped in a bunderstorm” INTERNET GOLD!
Comment by timmy shiftcore — September 10, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
WOwzA! That’s hot stuff. Congrats!
Comment by Mark — September 10, 2007 @ 8:04 pm
I win again! You’re welcome love.
Comment by Heather — September 10, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
so, cuteoverload has mentioned a couple etsy sellers recently, and they too are experiencing an overwhelming response to it. who knew people were so taken with the cute? (actually, i could have figured… someone named eric smith keeps leaving comments on my blog requesting cute puppy pics… hmm…)
Comment by sara girlscantell — September 12, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
[…] after the amazing amount of web traffic I received from Cuteoverload, and the overwhelming response to my photos via email / AIM / Myspace, I decided it was time to […]
Pingback by ericsmithrocks.com » Life Updates… Now With More Bunnies — September 17, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
LOL, oh to be so lucky. I would love to have half the traffic to my site. Have any suggestions?? I would love to do a portrait of Ash, he is so cute!!! If you would like to see my work, check out http://www.thefineartcafe.com
Comment by Jan — February 1, 2008 @ 8:32 pm