Table 1 Operators and ranking of websites
Physician Rating Sites | Operator/Sponsor | Traffic ranking# | Sites linking in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Global | Country specific | Â |
1 Vitals.com | Owned by MDx Medical, Inc with headquarters in Lyndhurst, NJ. Comprised of a team of dedicated experts in the fields of healthcare, marketing, and database management. | 9,656 | 2,044* | 381 |
2 RateMDs.com | Just average patients who happen to know how to make websites; not affiliated with any medical organizations. | 27,042 | 8,952* | 494 |
3 Vimo.com | Founded by Internet industry veterans from WebMD and Valicert; funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Partech International. | 104,825 | 32,695* | 427 |
4 Drscore.com | Operated by the Medical Quality Enhancement Corp., founded by Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D. | 132,510 | 45,120* | 129 |
5 CheckMD.com | No information on owner or sponsor found | 155,051 | 37,745* | 92 |
6 Mydochub.com | No information on owner or sponsor found | 444,885 | 394,003* | 121 |
7 Doctortree.org | DoctorTree.org; Encino, CA | 493,089 | 119,259* | 95 |
8 Bookofdoctors.com | No information on owner or sponsor found | 551,810 | 117,124* | 61 |
9 Findadoc.com | Team of doctors and programmers who created FindaDoc to make the daunting and sometimes frustrating process of finding the best doctor as simple as possible | 697,002 | 221,478* | 157 |
10 Healthcarereviews.com | Owner and operator: Women's College Hospital | 1,057,783 | 296,088* | 58 |
11 Drscorecard.com | Built and operated by people that are free from ties to medical businesses, medical associations, hospitals, clinics, doctors, and even free from patient advocacy groups. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
12 Ratemymd.ca | No information on owner or sponsor found | 2,267,175 | 82,274** | 5 |
13 Imedo.de | imedo GmbH, Berlin | 21,709 | 1,187*** | 999 |
14 Jameda.de | jameda GmbH, München; Tomorrow FOCUS AG and FOCUS Magazine Publisher | 31,313 | 1,765*** | 410 |
15 Docinsider.de | Andingo Capital GmbH, Berlin; Funding by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Ministry for Economy and Technology (BMWi) | 63,992 | 3,311*** | 301 |
16 Esando.de | Comventure GmbH, Ludwigshafen | 99,668 | 5,624*** | 162 |
17 Medführer.de | medführer Online-publisher, GmbH in cooperation with University of Trier | 114,165 | 6,029*** | 267 |
18 Helpster.de | Helpster GmbH, Munich | 169,818 | 10,225*** | 128 |
19 Topmedic.de | ArztData GmbH, Hamburg | 1,423,039 | 94,349*** | 46 |
20 Die-arztempfehlung.com | Endverbraucher Ltd. & Co., Fürth | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
21 Mein-guter-arzt.de | Mediaseed GmbH, Stuttgart | n.a. | n.a. | 30 |