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'''Internet Infidels''', owns and operates the website the [[Secular Web]]. Internet Infidels, Inc. is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 [[A.D.]] by [[Jeffery Jay Lowder]] and Brett Lemoine. The [[Secular Web]] is a website which promotes [[atheism]], [[agnosticism]], and [[Philosophical skepticism|skepticism]] on the [[internet]]. Its stated aim is to promote [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Metaphysical Naturalism]].<ref>[http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/mission.html ''Defining our mission''] Internet Infidels. Accessed 15 March 2008</ref>
'''Internet Infidels''', owns and operates the website the [[Secular Web]]. Internet Infidels, Inc. is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 [[A.D.]] by [[Jeffery Jay Lowder]] and Brett Lemoine. The [[Secular Web]] is a website which promotes [[atheism]], [[agnosticism]], and [[Philosophical skepticism|skepticism]] on the [[internet]]. Its stated aim is to promote [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Metaphysical Naturalism]].<ref>[http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/mission.html ''Defining our mission''] Internet Infidels. Accessed 15 March 2008</ref>
[[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] has written concerning the Secular Web: "The Secular Web has a few [[intelligent]] people, but overall has long been a haven for every skeptical know-it-all to pronounce judgments upon matters outside of their expertise."<ref>http://www.tektonics.org/gerkin01.html</ref> In addition, Holding has indicated that the quality of [[Internet atheism|internet content]] produced by the Secular Web has gone down since the 1990s.<ref>[http://tektonforge.blogspot.com/2012/04/secular-webs-great-tinfoil-age.html The Secular Web's Great tinfoil age]</ref> The decline in the quality of material at Internet Infidels has been concurrent with the rise of [[theism|theists]] in academia within [[philosophy]] departments (see: [[Atheism and academia]] and [[Stagnation of atheist apologetics]]).
[[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[JP Holding]] has written concerning the Secular Web: "The Secular Web has a few [[intelligent]] people, but overall has long been a haven for every skeptical know-it-all to pronounce judgments upon matters outside of their expertise."<ref>http://www.tektonics.org/gerkin01.html</ref> In addition, Holding has indicated that the quality of [[Internet atheism|internet content]] produced by the Secular Web has gone down since the 1990s.<ref>[http://tektonforge.blogspot.com/2012/04/secular-webs-great-tinfoil-age.html The Secular Web's Great tinfoil age]</ref> The decline in the quality of material at Internet Infidels has been concurrent with the rise of [[theism|theists]] in academia within [[philosophy]] departments (see: [[Atheism and academia]] and [[Atheist apologetics]]).
== Internet Infidels: Secular Web's significant drop in web traffic ==
== Internet Infidels: Secular Web's significant drop in web traffic ==
See also: [[Secular Web#Secular Web's significant drop in web traffic|Secular Web's significant drop in web traffic]] and [[Internet atheism]]
According to the web traffic tracking company [[Quantcast]], the Secular Web lost a significant amount of web traffic from the period of 6/2/07 to 7/30/11.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism: The thrill is gone!]</ref>
Internet Infidels has lost a significant portion of its web traffic (See: [[Secular Web#Secular Web's significant drop in web traffic|Secular Web's significant drop in web traffic]]).
=== Internet Infidel's website loss of Google referral traffic ===
[[File:Internet Infidels Google referral traffic as of July 20, 2023 according to SEMRush.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|Since 2011, the Secular Web's website lost a high proportion of its Google referral web traffic.
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=== Internet Infidels loss of web traffic in the past - Other historical data ===
According to the web traffic tracking company [[Quantcast]], the Secular Web lost a significant amount of web traffic from the period of 6/2/07 to 7/30/11.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/internet-atheism-and-skepticism-thrill.html Internet atheism: The thrill is gone!]</ref> According to [[Alexa]], the Secular Web experienced a drop in online global market share in 2017 and 2018.<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/04/secular-web-lost-global-market-share.html Secular Web lost global market share in the first half of 2017 according to Alexa]</ref><ref>[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2018/10/these-atheist-websites-lost-global.html 5 atheist websites that lost global market share in 2018 according to Alexa], [[Examining Atheism]], October 22, 2018</ref>
On August 19, 2019, Alexa ranked the Secular Web the 285,436th most popular website in the world in web traffic and it was dropping in global market share at the time.
==JP Holding, Internet Infidels and rebuttals ==
==JP Holding, Internet Infidels and rebuttals ==
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Atheism and the internet]]
*[[Internet atheism]]
*[[Ineffectiveness of atheist internet outreach]]
*[[Internet atheism has a small audience and an insignificant influence on the world]]
*[[Atheism]]
*[[Atheism]]
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.gotquestions.org/infidel.html What is an infidel?]
*[https://www.gotquestions.org/infidel.html What is an infidel?]
*[http://tektonforge.blogspot.com/2012/04/secular-webs-great-tinfoil-age.html The Secular Web's Great Tinfoil Age]
*[http://tektonforge.blogspot.com/2012/04/secular-webs-great-tinfoil-age.html The Secular Web's Great Tinfoil Age]
*[http://www.infidels.org/ Internet Infidels]
*[http://www.infidels.org/ Internet Infidels]