Response to Diet Site Ratings from Quality Health: See Nubella.com
WebWatch received a letter this week from Quality Health regards our most recent diet site ratings. Here's what it says:
Dear (Consumer Reports WebWatch):
This letter is in response to the September 29, 2006 report published by Consumer Reports WebWatch and the Health Improvement Institute on the ranking of the web's 20 most popular diet sites.
It is unfortunate that our site, www.QualityHealth.com, was included in this list, as we do not consider our website to be a destination for dieters. Today, the primary focus for this site is centered around health and wellness -- specifically, disease management and health information. Although the site includes aspects of healthy eating, the content exists to support more serious (and specific) diseases and individual conditions.
However, under our corporate entity of Marketing Technology Solutions, we do own and operate a comprehensive health, diet and nutrition-focused website which can be found at www.Nubella.com. This site is an excellent resource for consumers seeking information on healthy eating, recipes, diet, nutrition, exercise and much more.
Nubella provides in-depth information on health and general weight loss strategies and tips. We are continually encouraging our QualityHealth members to visit Nubella.com for relevant information on health and wellness and are constantly promoting QualityHealth.com visitors to engage in the Nubella health and nutrition weekly newsletter.
We sincerely hope that future reviews will include all the sites owned by Marketing Technology Solutions, Inc., and map each site to the specific needs you are attempting to address. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or for further information about our company.
Regards,
Mark Solomon & Matthew Combs
Thanks for the letter. In a sense, AOL Health made the same complaint to the Washington Post in this Oct. 10 story. I can only reiterate that the list of 20 sites is based on Nielsen//NetRatings traffic data. It's a popularity contest among sites consumers seek for diet information. If QualityHealth and AOL are putting that information elsewhere within their site architectures, consumers aren't finding it. But it's fair to say that if you are using the QualityHealth site for diet and fitness info, you should be looking instead at Nubella.