A tagline can make or break a website (well, maybe not, but it is cool to be dramatic). Below you will find a collection of the best taglines around the Internet. Some of them are funny, some are clever; but all of them deliver the message! Hopefully it will serve as inspiration.
- The Straight Dope: Fighting Ignorance since 1973 (It’s taking longer than we thought).
- Maxim Philippines: The best thing that ever happened to men … after women!
- The Consumerist: Shoppers bite back.
- Random Acts of Reality: Trying to kill as few people as possible…
- Joshuaink: Same old shit, different day.
- The Superficial: Because you’re ugly.
- Smashing Magazine: We smash you with information that will make your life easier. Really.
- The Best Page in the Universe: This page is about me and why everything I like is great. If you disagree with anything you find on this page, you are wrong.
- Scaryduck: Not scary. Not a duck.
- The Art of Rhysisms: Chronologically inept since 2060.
- Needcoffee.com: We are the Internet equivalent of a triple espresso with whipped cream. Mmmm…whipped cream.
- Ample Sanity: Life is short. Make fun of it.
- Rathergood.com: The Lair of the Crab of Ineffable Wisdom – a load of stuff by Joel Veitch that will probably crush your will to live.
- The Breakfast Blog: In search of the best eggs in town.
- Dooce: Not even remotely funny.
- Pink is the new blog: Everybody’s business is my business.
- Shoemoney: Skills to pay the bills.
- Oh No They Didnt’t!: The celebrities are disposable, the content is priceless.
- YouTube: Broadcast Yourself.
- Waiter Rant: Do you want Pommes Frite with that?
- Newshounds: We watch FOX so you don’t have to.
- Sabrina Faire: All the fun of a saucy wench, none of the overpriced beer.
- Defective Yeti: A maze of twisty passages, all alike.
- All About George: All about George Kelly… you know, if you go in for that sort of thing.
- Go Fug Yourself: Fugly is the new pretty.
- kottke.org: Home of fine hypertext products.
- Slashdot: News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
- Gawker: Daily Manhattan media news and gossip. Reporting live from the center of the universe.
- Get Rich Slowly: Personal finance that makes cents.
- hi5: Who’s in?
- Fotolog: Share your world with the world.
- Jezebel: Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for Women, Without Aribrushing.
- Autoblog: We obssessibely cover the auto industry.
- Boing Boing: A directory of wonderful things.
- Perez Hilton: Celebrity Juice. Not from concentrate.
- DumbLittleMan: So what do we do here? Well, it’s simple. 15 to 20 times per week we provide tips that will save you money, increase your productivity, or simply keep you sane.
- Lifehacker: Don’t live to geek, geek to live!
- Gizmodo: The gadget guide. So much in love with shiny new toys, it’s unnatural.
- John Cow Dot Com: Make Moooney Online with John Cow Dot Com
- WebWorkerDaily: Rebooting the workforce.
- The Simple Dollar: Financial talk for the rest of us.
- TrafficBunnies: Making your hits multiply like rabbits.
- Mighty Girl: Famous among dozens.
- The Sneeze: Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.
- Buzz Marketing: Because everyone is entitled to my opinion.
Your favorite tagline is not here? Just post a comment and I will update the list.
About Daniel
Daniel Scocco is a programmer and entrepreneur located in São Paulo, Brazil. His first company, Online Profits, builds and manages websites in different niches. His second company, Kubic, specializes in developing mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms.
Small Fish Big Money – “making money online has never been easier…one small fish, in a shark infested ocean.”
“The McGehee Zone: Leading the way in following the crowd.”
I like “a celebration of things kids shouldn’t try at home” (www.badexample.mu.nu)
I had a list of about a dozen that I thought were very clever but I can’t find it now.
FabDazzle.com – watch them implode…
Excellent – Heres mine
webofpoker – no one plays alone
How about SlipperyBrick?
What Would Tyler Durden Do? (wwtdd.com)
Tagline:
“What Would Tyler Durden Do” is a blog focused on bringing you the latest gossip and news about rich and famous celebrities. And then making fun of them. Why? Because fuck them, that’s why.”
excellent list myfav. youtube although i only have a couple of vids up there its a lotta fun to watch people post anything and everythin on there
ImAFish.co.uk – The Plaice To Be
Biznik – Business networking that doesn’t suck.
Phil, I still like Maddox’s tagline :).
Ben, good one, I will add it to the list.
You missed one of my favorites: Something Awful – “The Internet Makes you Stupid.”
Stupid comment section ignored what I put in the website field.
Best page in the universe is old and busted. it was funny 5 years ago, but now it just sucks.
is old and busted, it was funny 5 years ago, now it just sucks.
MLBroadcast.Com: Global Exposure. Local Results.
I like this list, but you forgot mine.
Dobizo-How To Start A Clothing Line From Scratch
The word “Scratch” gets them everytime. It has worked good for SEO position and getting searchers to click thru.
‘Satisfying your Mom since 1991’
They change it from time to time though.
Spittoon.biz – we spit so you can swallow
From SEOish.com:
Poorly illustrated SEO insights, sprinkled with fart jokes
2 Assholes. 1 Website.
Famous among dozens is funny. I am going to click over and check that one out just because I like the humor.
Mine’s “Happiegrrrl Climbing – Where I’ve Been and Things That Have Happened While I Was There.” Pretty much tells it like it is, with a bit of climber attitude.
My website’s tagline is “You Can Look Better Than You Really Do.”
(We Photoshop retouch pictures of people.)
That is a good one too!
I draw your attention to my *other* tagline:
“A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, stuffed up a dog’s bottom”
So, so sorry.
We make up the news, so you don’t have to.
One which still makes me chuckle is SEO Dave Naylors site which has the tag line “Can’t beat a good rank”.
Thanks guys, the ones suggested were pretty good, I updated the post and we are up to 45.
You forgot deanhunt.com – “Cos everyone is entitled to my opinion”
CAP News … Are you in on the joke?
Not as hip as some of these, mine is “Share your shed”, does exactly what it says on the tin.
I’ve always liked People You’ll See In Hell’s (pysih.com) “Your daily dose of evil.”
But then I’m alone in a basement right now.
Hey, thanks for choosing Needcoffee! I’d like to humbly suggest the tagline of one of our newest sites, dedicated to mindless and entertaining violence, The Daily Kicksplode: “No gimmicks. No frills. Just once a day, something takes it in the face. Because this is what you want.”
Nice funny collection of Blog messages
Also, I’ve always been fond of Mighty Girl’s “FAMOUS AMONG DOZENS”
My fancy formatting = FAIL
Haphazardly Spellchecked Since 2002
Sturgeon’s Law Strictly Enforced
The Buckhorn Beer Of Weblogs
Thinking Outside The Pants
Putting The “i” Into “Teaim”
Actually, defective yeti has about 30 rotating taglines. In addition to the one you mention, there’s also:Haphazardly Spellchecked Since 2002 (probably my personal favorite)Sturgeon’s Law Strictly EnforcedThe Buckhorn Beer Of WeblogsThinking Outside The PantsPutting The “i” Into “Teaim”
mine –
aimZblingZ – * if you can bring it, I can bling it *
Thats a pretty good list. Few are funny.
Jeremy, which ones you referring to?
I think it is kind of interesting how many popular sites/blogs are starting to dump their taglines.
I hadn’t thought that much about taglines, but you’re right, these do make the reader take notice. Thanks for pointing them out.
I’m partial to mine,
Hurty Elbow: Comedy that’s quite hurty in the elbow.
Ok, you can stop worrying now.
We’re moooved you’ve included us!
A lot of these are really good, just a nice addition for successful websites I guess.
Ronald, that is a good one hehe, but I could not find it the site. Maybe they removed.
“Taking The Web Out of The Box” – My personal one 🙂
Great list.
I personally like theVbag.com (slightly NSFW). They sell bags for storing umm, intimate items that women use as a replacement for men…
Tagline: “What do you put yours in?”
Something about being ‘smashed’ with information frightens me. Considering I am on dial-up, the tagline is actually a pretty good reflection of reality 😉
Mine is: Creating content 2.0 to match the new web. I like it, lists or no :).
Cool post, I think you covered most of major players. A bit of shameless self promotion here’s mine.
Reality Wired – Perception is reality and reality gets you paid.