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| | For more information, please see: [[Post sexual harassment allegations against Lawrence Krauss and David Silverman, searches for atheism related topics have dropped markedly]] and [https://www.mercatornet.com/features/view/a-shambolic-atheist-community-faces-some-tough-choices/21401 ''A shambolic atheist community faces some tough choices''] ]] | | For more information, please see: [[Post sexual harassment allegations against Lawrence Krauss and David Silverman, searches for atheism related topics have dropped markedly]] and [https://www.mercatornet.com/features/view/a-shambolic-atheist-community-faces-some-tough-choices/21401 ''A shambolic atheist community faces some tough choices''] ]] |
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| | + | == Atheist Sam Harris' website == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Sam Harris]] |
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| | + | === Sam Harris' websites loss of Google referral web traffic === |
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| | + | [[File:Sam Harris' website Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-26-2022.png|center|thumbnail|1200px|[[Sam Harris]]' website lost a significant amount of its referral traffic from Google since January 2020. |
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| | + | Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] |
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| | + | == RationalWiki and its large drop in Google referral traffic since October 2019 and during/after 2020 == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] |
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| | + | [[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-26-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|Since October 2019, the [[RationalWiki]] website lost a huge amount of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing company SEMRush. The website also lost a tremendous amount of traffic during 2020 when the pandemic was at its peak. |
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| | + | As you can see in the above graph, Google has downgraded its estimation of RationalWiki in terms of the quality of its website and RationalWiki is getting less Google traffic. |
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| | + | Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] |
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| | + | === Indications that RationalWiki lacked funds during the pandemic === |
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| | + | On May 29, 2022, one of the founders of the RationalWiki website indicated "Currently the donations we get are sparse... We have not done a donation drive in a long time and have not been self-supporting for over a year....".<ref>[https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=RationalWiki_talk:Site_support&diff=2457044&oldid=2457020 Difference between revisions of "RationalWiki talk:Site support", Revision as of 17:15, 29 May 2022 (edit) (undo)]</ref> A global fundraising scam, Rationalwiki has not complied with non-profit reporting requirements for 7 consecutive years.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/YC96o#Is_the_Foundation_Defunct.3F Is the Foundation Defunct?],'' RationalWiki talk:RationalMedia Foundation/Archive2, 22:50, 26 August 2021. Rationalwiki.org.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity]] and [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]] |
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| | + | == Richard Dawkins' website and loss of Google referral traffic == |
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| | + | See also: [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website]] |
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| | + | [[File:Richard Dawkins Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-26-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|[[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website|Richard Dawkins' website]] lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic since November 2017 according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush. |
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| | + | Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] |
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| | + | == Skeptoid.com's Loss of Google referral web traffic == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Skeptoid]] |
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| | + | [[File:Skeptoid Google referral traffic 7-26-2022.png|thumbnail|1200px|center|Since December of 2018, the website [[Skeptoid]] has lost a high proportion of its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush. |
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| | + | Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] |
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| | + | == Atheist Republic's loss of Google referral web traffic == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Atheist Republic]] |
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| | + | [[File:Atheist Republic Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-26-2022.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|Since May 2019, the [[Atheist Republic]] website lost a large majority of its Google referral web traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush. |
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| | + | Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] |
| | + | == The Orbit: Loss of Google referral traffic == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[The Orbit]] |
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| | + | [[File:The Orbit website Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-26-2022.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|Since March 2017, [[The Orbit]] website lost a large portion of its Google referral web traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush. |
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| | + | Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] |
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| | + | == Secular Web's website: Loss of Google referral traffic == |
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| | + | [[File:Secular Web Google referral traffic 7-26-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|Since 2011, the Secular Web's website loss a high proportion of its Google referral web traffic. |
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| | + | Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] |
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