Have you ever wondered what it takes to make these amazingly realistic, 3D puppies and kittens? Well for starters, it takes about two months and at least four artists (approximately 1,280 hours) to create one FooPet. The entire process requires nine stages and several iterations before the final product is able to meow or bark on your screen.  Creating FooPets is no easy task!
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Just one year after launching FooPets.com, we’ve received an early Christmas present: the #1 result for a Google search for “virtual pets” (without the quotes), just ahead of the longstanding champion of that position, Neopets.com. (You may see us still at #2 or #3, depending on which Google datacenter you hit.) Now we just have to hold position–easier said than done. We still have a ways to go with our second target search phrase, “online pets,” where we’re still down at SERP #5, above the fold but not good enough. In the immortal words of Ricky Bobby, if you’re not first you’re last.