Patient LoginBecome an advertising partner.
DoctorScorecard is currently kept running by private donations. We occasionally put Google ads on the site to try to help pay for expenses but those ads have not really helped much. Our expenses far exceed our advertising income.
Some expenses include: our dedicated server, contracted website programmers, domain name registrations, advertising (we advertise to encourage the public to rate their doctors), and software.
Our admin is a volunteer, and spends time each day maintaining the website with no pay.
Whether you decide to sponsor DoctorScorecard by advertising with us or by making a donation, you will help ensure that this site continues to operate.
We could place a message of your choice on DoctorScorecard, like an ad, a banner, or a link to a respectable website. (Sorry, doctors and their employers cannot be sponsors due to a conflict of interest. But doctors can make a free profile on the site.) If we like your advertisement, the minimum amount to be an advertising sponsor is just $9 per day.
Your ad would replace one of the ads we already have on the site. We plan to keep the site uncluttered as much as we can. That means your ad won't have much competition from other advertisers. You can pick which ad location you want. You can choose the number of days you want to advertise with us.
If you want to save money, we can target your ad to a specific location or medical specialty. For example: your ad could appear with dentists only... or in New York only.
We accept payments by credit card, check, or PayPal.
Email the advertisement you would like posted at DoctorScorecard. A rough draft is fine if you want to make sure we will accept it first. We will respond promptly to your request.
Sponsor DoctorScorecard
Your financial support could help pay the monthly bill for the dedicated server that runs this site. Your support would also encourage us to keep improving the code that runs this site, adding new features and making the website easier to use. Any donation amount is welcomed.
Donation status, as of Mar-27-2008
Feb-26-2008...noako made the first donation...$350... Thanks!
The site will continue to operate with or without financial help, but we could do so much more with your help. One issue we see is that as the site grows and as more people use it, the site will need to be scaled up to continue to give fast results, so it doesn't slow down. This means we will need a newer server, perhaps multiple servers, to keep up with the increased number of people using the site. [Update on May-30-2008: We purchased a newer, faster dedicated server and it is now online.]
Your donation could also help us advertise the site and to encourage more people to rate their doctors. We need help telling people about the site, so they know it's here and free to use. One way we do that is by advertising. We have advertised on a limited basis through newspapers, radio, and on other websites. Your donation could help us get to more people. If we could advertise more, we believe more people would rate their doctors.
Another issue is potential lawsuits. Some doctors are not happy about what people have said online about them. We have received numerous lawsuit threats. Those doctors want us to delete all opinions written about them, but we refuse to in most cases. We believe we should stand up for our right to free speech. Eventually we may have to defend ourselves in a court of law. We will most likely have legal fees associated with that. Your financial support could be applied to protecting our right to free speech.Tell us if you would like to help in any way. For example, one member helped advertise the site in his local area using his own funds and that was greatly appreciated. Our email address is at the bottom of this page if you would like to contact us.
DoctorScorecard is a free project by Everlasting Media. You can donate, if you want to support this site, by clicking on the PayPal button...
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