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The Internet is a wonderful tool to both find and distribute
information. I use it every day to compile information to share with you.
In addition, many of the stories I receive come from readers of the newsletter.
I have separated the data into two tables. The first
is all the natural health sites that I am aware of. The second
has all the most visited medical/ health sites in the world of which I am
aware.
Please note that I intentionally excluded sites that are
not exclusively medical or health sites. For example if MSNBC or CNN has
a health section, its traffic can't be separated from the traffic of the
entire site. So major media sites and newspaper sites like the Washington
Post and the British Broadcast Corporation have been intentionally excluded,
not overlooked.
If you believe any medical or
health Website has been overlooked, please check their name at www.alexa.com
or contact us.
The ratings are updated as of
November 28, 2001.
You might find it interesting to see how the ratings have
changed over the last four months.
One of the ways that one can objectively determine how
much traffic a site receives is by the number of visitors to the site. This
is only one criteria and is not necessarily associated with the quality
of content at that site. However, it is one parameter that can be used to
determine how others value the site.
The BEST
way to inexpensively determine the traffic at a site is www.alexa.com.
You don't have to download any software from alexa.
Just go to www.alexa.com
and type in the URL of the web site you want to see ranked in the search
bar and alexa will actually shows you how the site you enter ranks among
the over 50 million web sites in the world.
Once you have installed Alexa a traffic ranking number
will appear at the top of your browser on the left side.
One other helpful item you can
consider doing if this web site has served you
in the past is posting a comment on the Alexa toolbar about the site. You
can do this by "double clicking" on the traffic rating in the Alexa window
and then clicking on vote and write a review in the next screen that appears.
There is one comment already there.
You Can Help Change This Medical
Nightmare
Folks, I am on a mission and I am hoping you will join
me on my mission. The traditional paradigm is contributing to enormous needless
grief and suffering in this country, and throughout the world, through cultivation
of ignorance of many simple health principles.
How can you help? By encouraging as many people as possible
to sign up for this newsletter. I am convinced that the way we are going
to transform the traditional paradigm is by educating the public. We are
not going to do it by changing physicians.
What is the most effective way to get people to sign up
for the newsletter? Copy one article that really moves you and send it to
as many of your closest friends and family as you feel moved to, along with
a note encouraging them to sign up so they can learn more about how to stay
healthy.
You Can Make A Difference
Very shortly I plan on implementing an incredibly innovative
community technology that will:
Allow you to have all
your individual specific health questions answered by natural health experts.
Once these amazing innovations are deployed in the next
few months I am hopeful that the site will be the most visited natural medical
site and in the top five for all medical/health sites.
| Most
Visited Natural Health Content Sites |
Nov
2001 |
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Name |
URL |
Rank |
| 1. |
Health World Online |
www.healthy.net |
10,095 |
| 2. |
Dr.
Mercola |
www.mercola.com |
14,424 |
| 3. |
Dr. Atkins |
www.atkinscenter.com |
18,185 |
| 4. |
Life Extension
Foundation |
www.lef.org |
21,802 |
| 5. |
Dr. Weil |
www.drweil.com |
22,082 |
| 6. |
Dr. D'damo |
www.dadamo.com |
27,438 |
| 7. |
Mary Shomon Thyroid
Guide |
thyroid.about.com |
22,216 |
| 8. |
Dr. Mirkin |
www.drmirkin.com |
49,627 |
| 9. |
Chet Day |
www.chetday.com |
52,445 |
| 10. |
Alternative Medicine |
www.alternativemedicine.com |
65,662 |
| 11. |
Dr. Whitaker |
www.drwhitaker.com |
66,025 |
| 12. |
EFT |
www.emofree.com |
91,170 |
| 13. |
Dr. Chopra |
www.chopra.com |
96,579 |
| Most Visited
Health Content Sites |
Nov
2001 |
| |
Name |
URL |
Rank |
| 1. |
On Health |
www.onhealth.com |
1,324 |
| 2. |
Medscape |
www.medscape.com |
3,661 |
| 3. |
AMA |
www.ama-assn.org |
6,718 |
| 4. |
Mayo Clinic's Health
Site |
www.mayoclinic.com |
7,410 |
| 5. |
WebMD |
www.webmd.com |
9,137 |
| 6. |
Dr. Koop |
www.drkoop.com |
9,164 |
| 7. |
Health World Online |
www.healthy.net |
10,095 |
| 8. |
New England Journal
of Medicine |
www.nejm.org |
10,461 |
| 9. |
Harvard's Health
Site |
www.intellihealth.com |
10,788 |
| 10. |
Doctor's Guide |
www.docguide.com |
12,182 |
| 11. |
British Medical
Journal |
www.bmj.com |
12,712 |
| 12. |
Dr.
Mercola |
www.mercola.com |
14,424 |
| 13. |
Health Scout |
www.healthscout.com |
16,930 |
| 14. |
Dr. Atkins |
www.atkinscenter.com |
18,185 |
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