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''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]] and [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] and [[RationalWiki]]

''See also:'' [[RationalWiki and the coronavirus pandemic]] and [[RationalWiki and web traffic]] and [[RationalWiki]]

[[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.

[[File:RationalWiki Google referral traffic as of December 22, 2022 according to SEMRush .jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|According to the leading web marketing company SEMRush, RationalWiki has experienced a huge drop in Google referral traffic in the latter part of 2019 and as of December 22, 2022 it merely receives 75,100 monthly visits via Google referral traffic.  

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.]]

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 ===

=== Indications that RationalWiki lacked funds during the pandemic ===