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Hardin MD Notes, Oct 11, 2000

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Number of hits in Google searches for specified search words and rank of Yahoo! pages in first 100 hits

11.11.99
11.11.99
2.14.00
2.14.00
3.9.00 *
5.17.00
5.17.00
8.23.00
8.23.00

Search words
Hits (Thousands)
Yahoo rank
Hits (Thousands)
Yahoo rank
Yahoo rank
Hits (Thousands)
Yahoo rank
Hits (Thousands)
Yahoo rank

anesthesia
22
45
25
30
30
32
13
109
3

cardiology
67
60
67
52
43
70
10
268
2

dermatology
39
>100
44
>100
52
26
196
5

gastroenterology
48
29
39
48
20
46
18
147
15

geriatrics
22
25
23
17
11
27
5
89
1

hematology
31
71
35
94
7
44
1
122
3

nephrology
25
56
25
53
27
3
90
6

urology
49
>100
47
>100
51
3
176
1

neurology
154
>100
152
>100
130
77
559
12

neurosciences
17
24
20
27
26
5
69
2

obstetrics
43
84
49
>100
60
11
208
2

gynecology
62
65
42
82
50
9
177
2

ophthalmology
40
97
44
89
95
50
40
188
4

orthopedics
18
24
26
39
1
39
7
102
4

otolaryngology
16
69
19
>100
7
24
7
84
6

pathology
143
>100
179
>100
166
20
693
11

pediatrics
97
>100
103
>100
98
45
378
10

pharmacy
131
>100
152
34
58
148
45
1190
3

psychiatry
87
86
93
>100
102
80
476
88

rheumatology
17
96
20
>100
11
32
8
100
10

audiology
29
>100
20
63
46
1
103
4

toxicology
70
>100
77
>100
80
17
295
2

 
 

 

 

 

Number of total hits 
1227

1301

1400

5819

growth since Nov

1.06 (6%)

1.14 (14%)

4.74 (474%)

number in top 30

4/22

3/22
7/10

17/22

21/22

*3.9.00. Only a subset was included; number of hits was not recorded

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