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Internet evangelism (view source)
Revision as of 23:17, November 26, 2022
, 23:17, November 26, 2022→Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists
Recently, Christians and Christian creationists have faced problems with [[atheist bullying|atheist cyberbullies]], but they [[Essay: Sharing your Christian/creationist videos on the internet|have developed methods to overcome this problem]].
Recently, Christians and Christian creationists have faced problems with [[atheist bullying|atheist cyberbullies]], but they [[Essay: Sharing your Christian/creationist videos on the internet|have developed methods to overcome this problem]].
== Internet outreach and the Matthew effect: Atheist websites vs. religious websites==
[[File:St Matthew stained glass.JPG|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Saint Matthew]] ]]
''See also:'' [[Internet outreach and the Matthew effect: Atheist websites vs. religious websites]]
Study.com defines the [[Matthew effect]] thusly: "The Matthew Effect is a term that describes the concept in society of accumulated advantage. It argues that people who start from a place of advantage, like intelligence, fame, wealth, or skill, will have the opportunity to accrue more of that advantage compared to others. The Matthew Effect is often thought of by the phrase, "the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.""<ref>[https://study.com/learn/lesson/matthew-effect-definition-application.html What is the Matthew effect]</ref> The Matthew effect's [[etymology]] can be traced to [[Gospel of Matthew]] which declares Jesus as saying: "For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away." (Matthew 25:29, RSV).
Because the religious population is larger than the [[atheism|atheist]]/[[agnosticism|agnostic]] populations and [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising|raises more money]] for web marketing budgets than the atheist/agnostic populations, they greatly outperform atheist websites in terms of web traffic. In addition, Google tends to rank large websites with a lot of traffic higher at Google for various search terms - especially high volume searches. So large Christian websites with a lot of web traffic have a big competitive advantage over atheist websites. Furthermore, religious groups often have more evangelistic zeal and also have more international cooperation in terms of web outreach efforts.
As time has progressed the gap between the effectiveness of religious websites vs. atheist websites in terms of reaching larger audiences has widened and will most likely widen further. For example, Christian websites are greatly outperforming atheist websites in terms of their respective web outreaches.
For more information, please see: [[Internet outreach and the Matthew effect: Atheist websites vs. religious websites]].
=== Various Christian websites with a lot of web traffic ===
==== Biblegateway.com and Google referral traffic ====
[[File:Biblegateway.com Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-30-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|During the coronavirus pandemic, the multilingual website Biblegateway.com experienced an increase in Google referral traffic from the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to July 30, 2022 according to the data from the leading web marketing company SEMRush.com.]]
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[[File:Biblegateway.com Ahrefs.com web traffic and referring domains 7-30-2020.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|Large multilingual websites with a lot of traffic from around the world such as Biblegateway.com have a large amount of relevant inbound links from around the world. ]]
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=== Christianity.com and Google referral traffic ===
[[File:Christianity.com Google referral traffic SEMRush 7-30-2022.png|thumbnail|center|1200px|During the coronavirus pandemic, the website Christianity.com had an increase in Google referral traffic from the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to July 30, 2022 according to the data from the leading web marketing company SEMRush.com.
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The amount of Google referral traffic to Christianity.com has gone significanly since February 2016 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 about 6,250,000 monthly referral visits from Google in July 2022.]]
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==== Got Questions Ministries and Google referral traffic ====
''See also:'' [[Got Questions Ministries]]
[[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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Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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[[File:Gotquestions.org Ahrefs.com 7-30-2022.jpg|thumbnail|center|1200px|Large multilingual websites with a lot of Google referral traffic from around the world such as Gotquestions.org have a large amount of relevant inbound links from around the world. ]]
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== Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists ==
== Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists ==