Internet Mascots
You know what they say, “behind every great man they are a great woman.” Well behind every great website they are a great mascot.
Everyone wants that signature appearance that they can be recognized by. Why should people pick your application and not the other application, what makes you different from the next person or application? That is where these mascots come into play and they do the talking.
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a famous website browser. It is recognisable by the blue globe that has a red fox that is “Firefox”. What it communicates is that it is fast in giving you information from around the globe. The fox is well known for its fast thinking and being strategic, this is what the cartoon mascot represents.
Internet mascots
This is one of the common internet mascots. Every time one sees that little blue bird the first thing that someone thinks about is Twitter. Which means that this application has done a good job with its mascot. Larry Bird as the little blue bird is known represents what the application archives on a daily basis. Birds are known to be free animals, same applies to Twitter. On this platform people have freedom of speech, people get to express themselves without being stopped or threatened.
Hootsuite
Owls are animals associated with wisdom and knowledge. More like old people, that is “all knowing and full of wise words.” Hootsuite is a website that manages social media accounts. Before even knowing what the application is about the mascot does a great job of giving confidence to the user.
Casinos
Animal mascots are famous on online casino games. They make it easy to see identify your favourite online pokies. Reels of Joy has a lot of animal-themed online slots for people to enjoy.
