Popular, Diverse Sites, from EverydayHealth.com to WhatToExpect.com,
FiveFactorDiet.com and ShaqsFamilyChallenge.com, All Add Momentum and
Fuel Rapid Growth
NEW YORK, July 11, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- A year after launch, the Everyday Health Network, led by the flagship site EverydayHealth.com, (www.EverydayHealth.com), has grown to become the second largest Web property in the online health category with more than 9 million unique users in June, according to comScore Media Metrix traffic figures. June marks the first month that Everyday Health has surpassed all but one commercial site in the online health space, surging past even the largest content like MSN, AOL, and Yahoo! Health. The Everyday Health Network is also ranked fourth in the Women's Category.
Waterfront Media, which publishes the Everyday Health Network, attributed the rapid growth to better retention and usage on EverydayHealth.com (up 12% in traffic in the past month alone) as well as the Company's recent launches of extremely popular sites such as FiveFactorDiet.com, currently the number one diet in America, and ShaqsFamilyChallenge.com, the companion Website launched in concert with the debut of Shaq's Big Challenge on ABC-TV, a six-part series devoted to overcoming childhood obesity, starring Shaquille O'Neal.
"This strong growth in traffic at the flagship site, EverydayHealth.com, and across the network is fueled by intense consumer demand for the site's proprietary tools, nationally-recognized specialists, and innovative communities," said Waterfront Media CEO and co-founder, Ben Wolin. "By creating a network of unique, online health destinations where consumers can proactively manage their conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, and GERD, on a daily basis, we continue to build a powerful audience focused on daily, proactive health management that is much sought-after by advertisers who want to target their messages to such a large, engaged and loyal group."
About The Everyday Health Network
The Everyday Health Network includes the Internet's best-known health, diet, fitness and pregnancy websites, along with the flagship site, EverydayHealth.com. The Everyday Health Network is one of the largest and the most rapidly growing online health properties, with 9.043 million unique users per month, and also the fourth largest destination for women on the Web. Everyday Health connects America's best health experts with millions of people looking to improve their lives through advice, tools and online communities, and includes such popular health and weight loss sites as SouthBeachDiet.com, The Sonoma Diet, Fit Forever with Denise Austin, The Duke Diet, Bikini Boot Camp, The Five Factor Diet, and WhattoExpect.com based on the best-selling parenting and pregnancy guide, "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Through its network of sites, including the flagship EverydayHealth.com, Waterfront Media enables consumers to manage their health online and make positive life changes through unique interactive features and personalized advice, tools, and online communities. The Everyday Health Network is published by Waterfront Media (www.waterfrontmedia.com), the premier online publisher of self help experts and the largest privately held online health company.
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