Impact
During its heyday, it was one of the most popular humor sites on the web. As of May 2011 the site was still the top Google hit for the word "brunching" and was the fifth hit for "shuttlecocks", though while the domain still exists, the website no longer has a home page and instead redirects to Lore Sjöberg's Google+ page. It was among the first sites to be given a "Slashbox" on Slashdot.
Mentions and praise in print media:
- Washington Post
- Newsweek Oct. 27, 1997, p. 12; Dec. 14, 1998, p. 18
- Entertainment Weekly Dec. 1, 2000, p. 107; May 24, 2002, p. 98
- POV Magazine, November 1999, voted one of the 100 best websites
- Jane (magazine) October 2000, p. 104
- The Guardian
Brunching was named as one of the top ten humor sites by Yahoo! Internet Life.
Lore's The Björk Song was played on the Dr. Demento show on May 20, 2001.
Read more about this topic: Brunching Shuttlecocks
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