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Most Visited Health Sites on the Net
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
November 28 2001 | 2,156 views

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
  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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