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'''The Survival Blog''' is the most popular [[:Category:Survivalism|Preparedness]] website on the [[Internet]] with more than 80 million unique visits since July 2005.  It claims, "Since its launch in 2005, SurvivalBlog has been the Internet’s most popular daily blog on survival and preparedness topics."<ref>http://survivalblog.com/about</ref>  It is ranked as the fourth most popular survivalist blog based on its Alexa rating of 98,060.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivaltop50.com/|title=Survival Top 50|accessdate=April 10, 2016}} (The Alexa website itself ranked it globally in 106,786th place as of April 07, 2016.)</ref>

'''The Survival Blog''' is a popular preparedness website on the [[Internet]] with more than 80 million unique visits since July 2005.  It claims, "Since its launch in 2005, SurvivalBlog has been the Internet’s most popular daily blog on survival and preparedness topics."<ref>http://survivalblog.com/about</ref>  It is ranked as the fourth most popular survivalist blog based on its Alexa rating of 98,060.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.survivaltop50.com/|title=Survival Top 50|accessdate=April 10, 2016}} (The Alexa website itself ranked it globally in 106,786th place as of April 07, 2016.)</ref>

According to its statistics page, it has more than 220,000 unique visitors per week.<ref>[http://www.survivalblog.com/ SurvivalBlog home page]</ref><ref>[http://www.survivalblog.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl Statistics for Survivalblog.com], Online logs from [[The Survival Blog]]</ref>

According to its statistics page, it has more than 220,000 unique visitors per week.<ref>[http://www.survivalblog.com/ SurvivalBlog home page]</ref><ref>[http://www.survivalblog.com/cgi-bin/awstats.pl Statistics for Survivalblog.com], Online logs from [[The Survival Blog]]</ref>

Until September 2009, a selection of SurvivalBlog posts were published by Clearwater Press, but "Best of SurvivalBlog" was withdrawn to give clear publication rights to Rawles for a different, overlapping book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/note_from_jwr_826/|title=Note from JWR|accessdate=April 10, 2016|date=Sept. 22, 2009}}</ref>

Until September 2009, a selection of SurvivalBlog posts were published by Clearwater Press, but "Best of SurvivalBlog" was withdrawn to give clear publication rights to Rawles for a different, overlapping book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://survivalblog.com/note_from_jwr_826/|title=Note from JWR|accessdate=April 10, 2016|date=Sept. 22, 2009}}</ref>

Founder and former editor Rawles is a Christian, and holds to [[Calvinism|Reformed doctrine]] / [[Reformed Churches]] [[denomination]]. His view of [[history]] is of the geographical determinist school<ref>https://duckduckgo.com/?q=geographical+determinism&ia=about</ref><ref>"1. (Sociology) social theory that human activity is determined by [[geography|geographical]] conditions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Geographical+determinism Accessed December 5, 2014</ref><ref>[[Jared Diamond]] states "Many human phenomena and characteristics – such as behaviors, beliefs, economies, genes, incomes, life expectancies, and other things – are influenced both by geographic factors and by non-geographic factors.  Geographic factors mean physical and biological factors tied to geographic location, including [[climate]], the distributions of wild plant and animal species, [[soil]]s, and [[topography]]." http://jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Geographic_determinism.html Accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and his view of [[economics]] is of the [[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] [[Austrian School of Economics]]. [[Political]]ly, Mr. Rawles is a [[Constitutionalist]] Christian [[libertarian]]. All of these have shaped his views on preparedness.<ref>SurvivalBlog Archive DVD 2005-2013. http://survivalblog.com/archivecd Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref>

Founder and former editor Rawles is a Christian, and holds to [[Calvinism|Reformed doctrine]] / [[Reformed Churches]] [[denomination]]. His view of [[history]] is of the geographical determinist school<ref>https://duckduckgo.com/?q=geographical+determinism&ia=about</ref><ref>"1. (Sociology) social theory that human activity is determined by [[geography|geographical]] conditions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Geographical+determinism Accessed December 5, 2014</ref><ref>[[Jared Diamond]] states "Many human phenomena and characteristics – such as behaviors, beliefs, economies, genes, incomes, life expectancies, and other things – are influenced both by geographic factors and by non-geographic factors.  Geographic factors mean physical and biological factors tied to geographic location, including [[climate]], the distributions of wild plant and animal species, [[soil]]s, and [[topography]]." http://jareddiamond.org/Jared_Diamond/Geographic_determinism.html Accessed December 5, 2014</ref> and his view of [[economics]] is of the [[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] [[Austrian School of Economics]]. [[Political]]ly, Mr. Rawles is a Constitutionalist Christian [[libertarian]]. All of these have shaped his views on preparedness.<ref>SurvivalBlog Archive DVD 2005-2013. http://survivalblog.com/archivecd Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref>

Survival Blog tends to use a lot of [[acronym]]s. If any of them are unfamiliar, please consult the [[Survivalist Glossary]].

Survival Blog tends to use a lot of [[acronym]]s, but Rawles has compiled a glossary.

==Views on online encyclopedias==

==Views on online encyclopedias==

Rawles has been a critic of Wikipedia, which he sometimes calls the "[[Wikipedia|LiberalPropagandaPedia]]" or "LeftistAgendapedia".

Rawles has been a critic of Wikipedia, which he sometimes calls the "[[Wikipedia|LiberalPropagandaPedia]]" or "LeftistAgendapedia".

* [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]]) of [[Free State Wyoming]]

* [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]]) of [[Free State Wyoming]]

* [[Free State Project]]

* [[Free State Project]]

* [[Chuck Baldwin]] - renowned [[clergy]]man of the [[Montana]]  

* [[Chuck Baldwin]] - renowned [[clergy]]man in [[Montana]]  

* [[Mel Tappan]] - fellow [[Oregon]] [[:Category:Survivalism|Survivalist]] - the "Grandfather of the Survivalist movement"

* [[Mel Tappan]] - [[Oregon]] Survivalist - the "Grandfather of the Survivalist movement"

* [[Claire Wolfe]] of [[Backwoods Home Magazine]]

* [[Claire Wolfe]] of [[Backwoods Home Magazine]]

* [[Joel Skousen]] of [[World Affairs Brief]] and author of [[Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places]]

* [[Joel Skousen]] of [[World Affairs Brief]] and author of [[Strategic Relocation - North American Guide to Safe Places]]

* [[Jack Spirko]] of [[The Survival Podcast]]

* [[Jack Spirko]] of [[The Survival Podcast]]

* [[M.D. Creekmore]] of [[thesurvivalistblog.net]]

* [[M.D. Creekmore]] of [[thesurvivalistblog.net]]

* [[Survivalist retreat]]

* [[Survivalist retreat]]

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