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This site lists the TOP 40 - Best Site for Weight Loss for various categories. Websites are listed by relevance (keyword counts) and hit popularity - i.e. the number of hits by YOU the users of the site. You will always see the most popular sites for a given search query at the top of the page, which is just the way it ought to be. Each click on a link registers a vote for that website and this increases its popularity.
TOP 40 Search Hits - the way it ought to be.








About Top 40 Weight Loss

Some of the first search engines developed used hit popularity as the primary tool to list search results.

The idea was simple - the best and most relevant websites for a search result are those which have received the most hits from similar searches by other users in the past.

One of the most successful of these was Direct Hit, which basically measures what people are clicking on and how long people are spending at the sites they visit at the major search engines. Direct Hit aimed to show you the most "popular" sites for various search topics. Today, the Direct Hit site itself no longer operates - it is a partner database used and shown in results by HotBot and Lycos. Other partners include MSN Search, LookSmart, and others.

Many people have become disillusioned with the search results from the major modern search engines such as Google and Yahoo for the following reasons.

    The results are a mixed bag of relevant links and junk - hit and miss for what you want.
    You waste a lot of time trying the various links without knowing how good they are.
    The results are good for preliminary research, but not for repeat visits of your favourites

It's Time for a Better Way

Top 40 Search is based on the "Top 40 Music Hits" concept. Sites are listed in order of popularity that is user hits.

    Human Edited Entries - Each topic is edited by an Editor who ensures that the listings are relevant to the topic.
    Hit Counters based on keywords - Each click on an external link adds a click for the site, the category and
       subcategory, and any of the 5 keywords included in the search.
       Shortcut links are provided for the keywords in a category.
    A formula is used to calculate score for the links - The formula uses the hit counts for the link,
       and for any of the keywords included in the search term to calculate a score.
    The links for a search are listed in order of the score - the higher scoring sites appear first.
    Viola! When you search a topic you will see the most popular links for similar searches in the past
       - just what is most likely to be what you want.
    The listing system is Live! and is being continually updated so that results are always up-to-date.
    New listings appear at the top of the page for a month and get boosted hit counts to help them build popularity.
    The system and the topic moderator, stops SPAM entries, cheating and fake multiple hits.

Human Edited - Popular Hits - Top 40 Search - The way it ought to be!!