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*"The [[RationalWiki]] website has failed. Internet atheism has failed. Well, you know they're atheists. They're used to failure. Every atheists has failed." - User: Conservative
 
*"The [[RationalWiki]] website has failed. Internet atheism has failed. Well, you know they're atheists. They're used to failure. Every atheists has failed." - User: Conservative
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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 the coronavirus pandemic]] and [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] and [[RationalWiki]]
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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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=== Indications that RationalWiki lacked funds during the pandemic ===
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''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus 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> 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: [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]] and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]]
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=== Indications that RationalWiki had poor leadership during the pandemic ===
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''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic#RationalWiki and its poor leadership during the pandemic|RationalWiki and its poor leadership during the pandemic]] and [[Atheism and leadership]]
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There are indications that RationalWiki had poor leadership during the coronavirus pandemic (see: [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic#RationalWiki and its poor leadership during the pandemic|RationalWiki and its poor leadership during the pandemic]]).
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== American Atheists website and its loss of Google referral traffic ==
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''See also:'' [[American Atheists]]
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[[File:American Atheists Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-28-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|According to the leading web marketing website, the [[American Atheists]]'s peak Google traffic was in March 2019.
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As of July 28, 2022, the Google referral traffic going to the American Atheists website is significantly lower than it was at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic according to SEMRush's data.
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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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== Richard Dawkins' website and loss of Google referral traffic ==
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[[File:Richard Dawkins - March 2005.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|200px|right|Richard Dawkins declared "[[Christianity]] may actually be our best defence against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world".<ref name="christiantoday.com">[http://www.christiantoday.com/article/richard.dawkins.says.christianity.is.worlds.best.defence.against.radical.islam/76416.htm Richard Dawkins says Christianity is world's best defence against radical Islam], Christianity Today,  January 2016</ref><ref name="breitbart.com">[https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/01/12/professional-atheist-dawkins-says-christianity-bulwark-against-something-worse/ Professional Atheist Dawkins Says Christianity ‘Bulwark Against Something Worse’], by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D,  ''Breitbart News Network'', Jan 12, 2016</ref> See also: [[Richard Dawkins and Islamophobia accusations|Richard Dawkins and Islam]] ]]
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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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== Center for Inquiry website's loss of Google referral web traffic ==
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[[File:Paul Kurtz.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Paul Kurtz]] was the founder of the Center for Inquiry. ]]
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''See also:'' [[Center for Inquiry]]
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[[File:Center for Inquiry Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-29-2022.png|thumbnail|1200px|center|The [[Center for Inquiry]] website lost a large majority of its Google referral web traffic from its peak 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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== 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.]]
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== Atheist Alliance International website: Loss of Google referral traffic ==
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''See also:'' [[Atheist Alliance International]]
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[[File:Atheist Alliance International Google refferal traffic SEMRush 7-28-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|The [[Atheist Alliance International]] website lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic since its peak amount of Google referral web traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.
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== Secular Web's website: Loss of Google referral traffic ==
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''See also:'' [[Secular Web]]
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[[File:Secular Web Google referral traffic 7-26-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1201px|Since 2011, the [[Secular Web]]'s website lost a high proportion of its Google referral web traffic.
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== The Orbit: Loss of Google referral traffic ==
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[[File:The Orbit Alexa December 24 2018.png|thumbnail|right|300px|In 2018, [[The Orbit]] website lost a considerable amount of its global market share according to the web traffic tracking company [[Alexa]]. On December 24, 2018, Alexa ranked The Orbit the 661,244th most popular website in the world.]]
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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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== Atheist Ireland website: Loss of Google referral traffic ==
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''See also:'' [[Michael Nugent]]
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[[File:Atheist Ireland website Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-28-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|The Atheist Ireland website lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic since its peak amount of 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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== The Atheist Revolution website: Loss of Google referral traffic ==
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''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]]
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[[File:Atheist Revolution website Google referral traffic SEMRush.com 7-28-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|The Atheist Revolution website lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic since its peak amount of 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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== John W. Loftus' Debunking Christianity website: Loss of Google referral traffic ==
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''See also:'' [[John W. Loftus]]
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[[File:Debunking Christianity Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-28-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|[[John W. Loftus]]' Debunking Christianity website lost a very large proportion of its Google referral traffic since its peak amount of Google referral web traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.
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== Christian websites and the pandemic ==
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''See also:'' [[Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists]]
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A number of major Christian websites, such as [[Christianity]].com and [[Got Questions Ministries|Gotquestions.org]], saw significant increases in their Google referral traffic during the difficult coronavirus pandemic time period.
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=== Christianity.com and Google referral traffic ===
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The amount of Google referral traffic to Christianity.com has gone up 600% since 2018 according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush and the website's Google referral traffic increased during the pandemic. SEMRush says the website is getting 6,000,000 monthly referral visits from Google in July 2022.
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=== Got Questions Ministries and Google referral traffic ===
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''See also:'' [[Got Questions Ministries]]
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[[File:Gotquestions.org Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-29-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|In December of 2020, the Christian internet ministry Got Questions Ministries saw a very large increase in its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.
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According to the article ''1,000+ Winners and Losers of the December 2020 Google Core Algorithm Update'' the website Gotquestions.org saw the 7th biggest increase in Google referral traffic as far as the 50 domains that saw the greatest percent gain in Google visibility.<ref>[https://www.amsivedigital.com/insights/seo/1000-winners-and-losers-of-the-december-2020-google-core-algorithm-update/ ''1,000+ Winners and Losers of the December 2020 Google Core Algorithm Update'']</ref>
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== See also ==
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== Notes ==
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