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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.]]
[[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.]]
The [[Atheism|atheist]] blogger [[Hemant Mehta]] reported about the atheist blog network '''The Orbit''':
The [[Atheism|atheist]] blogger [[Hemant Mehta]] reported about the atheist blog network '''The Orbit''' (see also: [[Internet atheism]]):
{{Cquote|Nearly two dozen atheist bloggers — many from [[Freethought Blogs]], along with a few others from Patheos, [[Skepchick]], and independent sites — are about to launch a new website called The Orbit. (The site isn’t functional just yet, but it should come online soon.)
{{Cquote|Nearly two dozen atheist bloggers — many from [[Freethought Blogs]], along with a few others from Patheos, [[Skepchick]], and independent sites — are about to launch a new website called The Orbit. (The site isn’t functional just yet, but it should come online soon.)
As atheists, we believe criticism of religion must fall within this framework.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marginoferr/2016/03/15/welcome-the-orbit-to-the-world-of-online-atheism/ Welcome the Orbit to the World of Online Atheism] by Kaveh Mousavi</ref>}}
As atheists, we believe criticism of religion must fall within this framework.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/marginoferr/2016/03/15/welcome-the-orbit-to-the-world-of-online-atheism/ Welcome the Orbit to the World of Online Atheism] by Kaveh Mousavi</ref>}}
== The Orbit: Loss of Google referral traffic ==
[[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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Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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== The Orbit: Alexa rankings ==
== The Orbit: Alexa rankings ==
[[File:The Orbit Alexa December 24 2018.png|thumbnail|center|400px|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.]]
[[File:The Orbit Alexa December 24 2018.png|thumbnail|center|400px|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.]]
== Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against The Orbit ==
See: [[Richard Carrier's lawsuits|Richard Carrier's defamation lawsuit against The Orbit]]
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Internet atheism]]
*[[Internet atheism]]
*[[Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists]]
*[[Secular left]]
*[[Secular left]]