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→Freethought Blogs significant loss of web traffic
On January 1, 2016, the atheist [[Michael Nugent]] wrote:
On January 1, 2016, the atheist [[Michael Nugent]] wrote:
{{Cquote|PZ’s FreeThought Blogs network eventually imploded last year, with Ophelia Benson leaving after being unjustly labelled a transphobe, and founder Ed Brayton leaving citing the health impact of the drama and stress of running the network. It is now losing traffic and revenue. The departing Ed and Ophelia had accounted for a third of the traffic, and PZ now accounted for 90% of the rest. Another FreeThought blogger, Jason Thibeault, predicted some of the network’s bloggers might now have lean months with zero income.<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/01/01/challenges-for-atheists-and-secularists/#more-13132 Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016] by Michael Nugent</ref>}}
{{Cquote|PZ’s FreeThought Blogs network eventually imploded last year, with Ophelia Benson leaving after being unjustly labelled a transphobe, and founder Ed Brayton leaving citing the health impact of the drama and stress of running the network. It is now losing traffic and revenue. The departing Ed and Ophelia had accounted for a third of the traffic, and PZ now accounted for 90% of the rest. Another FreeThought blogger, Jason Thibeault, predicted some of the network’s bloggers might now have lean months with zero income.<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2016/01/01/challenges-for-atheists-and-secularists/#more-13132 Five challenges for atheists and secularists in 2016] by Michael Nugent</ref>}}
=== Freethought Blogs has lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic ===
[[File:Freethoughtblog Google referral traffic has fallen.jpg|center|thumbnail|1200px|[[Freethought Blogs]] has lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com. ]]
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=== Web traffic of Freethought Blogs dramatically declines from June 2019 to September 2019 ===
=== Web traffic of Freethought Blogs dramatically declines from June 2019 to September 2019 ===