Alyssa Grenfell
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I don't know if any of them are doing that, and maybe they are, and I'm just kind of one of the first to have talked about it.
And it's so funny because when you say it like that, it sounds so kind of conspiratorial. You know, the Mormons, they're controlling the internet. But it is funny because I think to some extent it's True. I mean, not that they are literally holding the mouse and clicking the clicks, but in that they are exercising, I think, a pretty broad ad spend.
And it's so funny because when you say it like that, it sounds so kind of conspiratorial. You know, the Mormons, they're controlling the internet. But it is funny because I think to some extent it's True. I mean, not that they are literally holding the mouse and clicking the clicks, but in that they are exercising, I think, a pretty broad ad spend.
And it's so funny because when you say it like that, it sounds so kind of conspiratorial. You know, the Mormons, they're controlling the internet. But it is funny because I think to some extent it's True. I mean, not that they are literally holding the mouse and clicking the clicks, but in that they are exercising, I think, a pretty broad ad spend.
The way that they are actively petitioning members to go on and share the gospel, share talks, share resources about the church. And so I think that they do have a fairly coordinated PR effort for the internet specifically. Even one thing I didn't mention in that video is they have... all these people who are hired to do SEO.
The way that they are actively petitioning members to go on and share the gospel, share talks, share resources about the church. And so I think that they do have a fairly coordinated PR effort for the internet specifically. Even one thing I didn't mention in that video is they have... all these people who are hired to do SEO.
The way that they are actively petitioning members to go on and share the gospel, share talks, share resources about the church. And so I think that they do have a fairly coordinated PR effort for the internet specifically. Even one thing I didn't mention in that video is they have... all these people who are hired to do SEO.
And if you Google something like Bible, the Mormon Church has like their free Bible is one of the first organic things you see on Google is Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Same with, I think, Jesus Christ. Same with New Testament. You know, all of these terms that are kind of general Christian terms. The Mormon Church has one of the top organic rankings online.
And if you Google something like Bible, the Mormon Church has like their free Bible is one of the first organic things you see on Google is Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Same with, I think, Jesus Christ. Same with New Testament. You know, all of these terms that are kind of general Christian terms. The Mormon Church has one of the top organic rankings online.
And if you Google something like Bible, the Mormon Church has like their free Bible is one of the first organic things you see on Google is Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Same with, I think, Jesus Christ. Same with New Testament. You know, all of these terms that are kind of general Christian terms. The Mormon Church has one of the top organic rankings online.
for those searches, which is very purposeful and specific, you know, in that their attempt to kind of say, hey, if someone wants a Bible, we want to be the ones giving it to them. So I think that they do, you know, it's not just conspiratorial. They have what I view to be like a very specific targeted plan for how to get people on the internet interested in Mormonism.
for those searches, which is very purposeful and specific, you know, in that their attempt to kind of say, hey, if someone wants a Bible, we want to be the ones giving it to them. So I think that they do, you know, it's not just conspiratorial. They have what I view to be like a very specific targeted plan for how to get people on the internet interested in Mormonism.
for those searches, which is very purposeful and specific, you know, in that their attempt to kind of say, hey, if someone wants a Bible, we want to be the ones giving it to them. So I think that they do, you know, it's not just conspiratorial. They have what I view to be like a very specific targeted plan for how to get people on the internet interested in Mormonism.
And it's multifaceted and they have whole departments hired for this kind of things. It just seems like the Mormon church has adapted to the internet age unusually well. I think they've definitely viewed it as a great opportunity.
And it's multifaceted and they have whole departments hired for this kind of things. It just seems like the Mormon church has adapted to the internet age unusually well. I think they've definitely viewed it as a great opportunity.
And it's multifaceted and they have whole departments hired for this kind of things. It just seems like the Mormon church has adapted to the internet age unusually well. I think they've definitely viewed it as a great opportunity.
And I think they've also viewed it, you know, people will also talk about how the Mormon church will kind of spam the front page of Google so that ex-Mormon stuff gets...
And I think they've also viewed it, you know, people will also talk about how the Mormon church will kind of spam the front page of Google so that ex-Mormon stuff gets...
And I think they've also viewed it, you know, people will also talk about how the Mormon church will kind of spam the front page of Google so that ex-Mormon stuff gets...
further and further down right so they'll you know instead of just having one article on a subject they'll have like 10 articles on a subject and they'll try to get them all to rank so that the whole front page of google is just faithful responses to uh questions about the origins of the church they even uh put out all these essays that are about the history of the church