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Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.
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== RationalWiki and the global coronavirus pandemic ==
''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the global coronavirus pandemic]]
Several [[Internet atheism|atheist websites]] did very poorly during the [[coronavirus]] [[pandemic]] and lost a large amount of their traffic since the early part of 2020 (see: [[Internet atheism and the pandemic]]).
Several [[Internet atheism|atheist websites]] did very poorly during the [[coronavirus]] [[pandemic]] and lost a large amount of their traffic since the early part of 2020 (see: [[Internet atheism and the pandemic]]).
As noted above, 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>
As noted above, 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>
RationalWiki may never gain that traffic back again as the number of [[Global atheism|atheists in the world]] is expected to drop soon after 2022 according to the scholars at the [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]].<ref>[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2022.pdf Status of Global Christianity, 2022, in the Context of 1900–2050]</ref> Currently, the [[Global atheism|global atheist population]] is losing market share in terms of the world's population (see: [[Global atheism statistics]]).
RationalWiki may never gain that traffic back again as the number of [[Global atheism|atheists in the world]] is expected to drop soon after 2022 according to the scholars at the [[Center for the Study of Global Christianity]] at [[Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary]].<ref>[https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2022.pdf Status of Global Christianity, 2022, in the Context of 1900–2050]</ref> Currently, the [[Global atheism|global atheist population]] is losing market share in terms of the world's population (see: [[Global atheism statistics]]).
== See also ==
== See also ==