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Line 211: − − − − == American Atheists website == − − ''See also:'' [[American Atheists]] − − On August 9, 2019, the American Atheists website was ranked the 338,824th most popular website in the world by the web trafic tracking company [[Alexa]]. − === American Atheists website and its loss of Google referral traffic === − − ''See also:'' [[Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic]] − − [[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. − <br /> − <br /> − 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. − <br /> − <br /> − Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] − {{Clear}} − − == Atheist Sam Harris' website == − − ''See also:'' [[Sam Harris]] − − === Sam Harris' websites loss of Google referral web traffic === − − [[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. − <br /> − <br /> − Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] − {{Clear}} − − == RationalWiki and its large drop in Google referral traffic since October 2019 and during/after 2020 == − − ''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] − − [[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. − <br /> − <br /> − 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. − <br /> − <br /> − Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] − {{Clear}} − === Indications that RationalWiki lacked funds during the pandemic === − − 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]] − − == Richard Dawkins' website and loss of Google referral traffic == − − See also: [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website]] − − [[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. − <br /> − <br /> − Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] − {{clear}} − − == Freethoughtblogs == − − ''See also:'' [[Freethought Blogs]] and [[Internet atheism]] − − [[Freethought Blogs]] is a spinoff of ScienceBlogs launched by PZ Myers and [[Ed Brayton]]. − − === Freethought Blogs has lost a very large proportion of its monthly Google referral traffic === − − [[File:Freethoughtblog Google referral traffic has fallen.jpg|center|thumbnail|1200px|[[Freethought Blogs]] has lost a very large proportion of its monthly Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.com. ]] − {{clear}} − − === Web traffic of Freethought Blogs dramatically declines from June 2019 to September 2019 === − − [[File:Freethoughtblogs.com alexa ranking 9-23-2019.png|thumbnail|center|300px|The web traffic of Freethought Blogs saw a dramatic decline from June 2019 to September 2019 according to the web traffic tracking company [[Alexa]]. − <br /> − <br /> − On June 23, 2019, Freethought Blogs was the 90,953th most popular website in the world according to Alexa, but by September 23, 2019 Freethought Blogs was merely the 170,112th most popular website in the world according to Alexa.]] − − === Web traffic of Freethought Blogs: July 2015 to March 2019 === − [[File:Freethoughtblogs alexa 2016.png|thumbnail|center|400px|Freethought Blogs is a spinoff of ScienceBlogs launched by PZ Myers and [[Ed Brayton]]. − <br /> − <br /> − [[Alexa]] is a web traffic tracking company. In 2015 and 2016, Freethought Blogs saw a large decrease in its Alexa ranking.]] − {{Clear}} − [[File:Freethoughtblogs.com Alexa December 2016.png|400px|center|thumbnail|Freethought Blogs fell sharply in its Alexa ranking for much of the latter part of 2016]]. − {{Clear}} − [[File:Freethoughtbllogs alexa May 2017.png|400px|center|thumbnail|In May 2017, according to Alexa, Frrethoughtblogs continued to lose global market share.]] − {{Clear}} − [[File:Freethoughtblogs.com alexa 3-12-2019.png|thumbnail|center|400px|According to Alexa, on March 12, 2019, Freethoughtblogs was the 90,419th most popular website in the world.]] − {{Clear}} − − − == Skeptoid.com's Loss of Google referral web traffic == − − ''See also:'' [[Skeptoid]] − − [[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. − <br /> − <br /> − Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] − − == Atheist Republic's loss of Google referral web traffic == − − ''See also:'' [[Atheist Republic]] − − [[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. − <br /> − <br /> − 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 == − − ''See also:'' [[The Orbit]] − − [[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. − <br /> − <br /> − Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] − {{clear}} − == Secular Web's website: Loss of Google referral traffic == − − [[File:Secular Web Google referral traffic 7-26-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|Since 2011, the Secular Web's website lost a high proportion of its Google referral web traffic. − <br /> − <br /> − Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]] − {{Clear}} − − == Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic == − − ''See also:'' [[Internet atheism and the coronavirus pandemic]] − − Several 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 coronavirus pandemic]]). − − Historically, religiosity increases during pandemics. Pew Research found people's religious faith grew during the pandemic - especially in the United States.<ref>[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/#:~:text=A%20similar%20pattern%20occurs%20in,as%20do%2049%25%20of%20Americans. More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Research, 2021</ref> Nearly three-in-ten U.S. adults say the outbreak has boosted their faith; about four-in-ten say it has tightened family bonds.<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/2021/01/27/more-americans-than-people-in-other-advanced-economies-say-covid-19-has-strengthened-religious-faith/ More Americans Than People in Other Advanced Economies Say COVID-19 Has Strengthened Religious Faith], Pew Forum</ref> − − In addition, many [[atheist organizations]] have significant difficulty in getting their fellow atheist to financially support them (see: [[Atheist organizations and fundraising]]), so their web marketing budgets could have been low during the pandemic. In addition, many atheist organizations have poor fiscal management so they may not have had reserves built up before the pandemic (see: [[Atheist organizations and financial mismanagement]]). − − The atheist websites might 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]]). Line 383:
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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.
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.
== Decline of YouTube atheism ==
== Decline of YouTube atheism ==
[[File:Richard Dawkins' website traffic.jpg|500px|thumbnail|center|The above graph shows the monthly website traffic to Richard Dawkins' website as of June 22, 2015 in terms of unique monthly web visitors.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2015/06/web-traffic-of-richard-dawkins-main.html Web traffic of Richard Dawkins' main website]</ref> As you can see above, in 2012, Richard Dawkins saw a very large decrease in web traffic.
[[File:Richard Dawkins' website traffic.jpg|500px|thumbnail|center|The above graph shows the monthly website traffic to Richard Dawkins' website as of June 22, 2015 in terms of unique monthly web visitors.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2015/06/web-traffic-of-richard-dawkins-main.html Web traffic of Richard Dawkins' main website]</ref> As you can see above, in 2012, Richard Dawkins saw a very large decrease in web traffic.
The website traffic is measured via [[Quantcast]] which directly measures Dawkins' website traffic via embedded code on his website.<ref name="Quantcast - Quantcast Measure"/>]]
The website traffic is measured via [[Quantcast]] which directly measures Dawkins' website traffic via embedded code on his website.<ref name="Quantcast - Quantcast Measure"/>]]