A method for the design and development of medical or health care information websites to optimize search engine results page rankings on Google

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Dunne, Suzanne ^a   Cummins, Niamh Maria ^a   Hannigan, Ailish ^a   Shannon, Bill ^a   Dunne, Colum ^a   Cullen, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Generic drugs; Google; Health care information; Internet; Medical informatics; Patient education; Quality assessment; Website development

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEARCH ENGINE; VALIDATION STUDY; ARTICLE; GENERIC DRUGS; GOOGLE; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY CONTROL; WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT;

INTERNET; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEARCH ENGINE;

GENERIC DRUGS; GOOGLE; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883435932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2632     Document Type: Article

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