Comments on: Trusera’s Health 2.0 Portal Nearly Out Of Money

By: Trusera shutsdown « Raja Jasti’s Blog - Renaissance Thinking

Trusera shutsdown « Raja Jasti’s Blog - Renaissance Thinking — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:31:05 +0000

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By: autoblog1 » Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors

autoblog1 » Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:05:45 +0000

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By: Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors | Reviews Manual

Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors | Reviews Manual — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:44:18 +0000

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Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors | The Good NET Guide — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:41:21 +0000

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By: Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:34:16 +0000

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Trade Jim News » Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:21:33 +0000

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By: Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors

Health Community Trusera Officially Closes Its Doors — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:12:14 +0000

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By: Innovation Guy

Innovation Guy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:16:19 +0000

I have never seen an ad for FreeMD anywhere in Google. And I am there alot buying for clients. FYI.

By: The not so innovative guy

The not so innovative guy — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:36:38 +0000

Adwords spending = trend upward. Pretty simple. Anyone can spend on Adwords and start an upwards trend which is why traffic is a deceiving number. Revolutionhealth was a classic case of this.

By: Innovation Guy

Innovation Guy — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:14:55 +0000

According to quantcast the site has over 200K UU and is trending upward. Compare that to the lame 15K for this site and you can draw your own conclusions. And when I went to the site the questions were written out in text. Maybe that changed? Seems to me the site is useful in that it actually gives you some real information on what to do. I dont think its trying to be a WebMD.

By: Innovation Guy

Innovation Guy — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:10:01 +0000

Display ads provide little to no value in the health space. Therefore, I question the longevity of any of the firms mentioned. There is little meaningful way to monetize a health message board which is what 99% of these are today. And there is nothing interesting about sites like MedHelp or any other reference site that takes content from any of the major content licensors. There are two successful firms in eHealth today: WebMD and Google. And little on the horizon to change that…

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:22:55 +0000

Haha. Just put the 2.5 into the Cayman’s, you’ll only get an 8% annual return but its better than having your cash flowing into the trash can.

By: Jack Barrette

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:08:18 +0000

CEO Keith and Trusera are class acts; people with real health issues do communicate through personal stories, and they trust the opinions of others who have real-life experience. Give their site a real look… I give them credit for addressing the 98% of our health lives when we’re not in the doctor’s office.

By: Jack Barrette

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:02:01 +0000

David, see you on New Year’s 2010.

By: David

David — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:57:09 +0000

ommmmm yeahhhh.

this really sounds like a genuine review! LOL

since when are spammers allowed on TC?

By: David

David — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:08:40 +0000

Trusera launched a year late in a niche that already had too many sites in.

Taumed already down, hopecube too. Dailystrength and Wellsphere got a mercy.

Who’s next?
My guess… weare.us, webtribes, wegohealth, Inspire, imedix and maybe mdjunction and healia too. All gone by the end of 2009.

Who will stay?
Medhelp (they seem to have become one of those…), Dailystrength, Patients like me and maybe just maybe OrganizedWisdom

By: E. Kaminski

E. Kaminski — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:14:39 +0000

I agree to a certain extent with the doctor’s comments. Of course people should see their doctors. But, the quality and knowledge of doctors is not a constant. I think most people use the web like they would use a second opinion–to double check that they are getting reasonable care and are asking the right questions.

My boss lost her father when the doctor botched laparoscopic surgery. The surgeon nicked his liver and he bled out. After the death, her family found out the doctor was not a thoracic specialist as he had claimed and that he did not even have privileges to do that surgery. During the surgery, the nurses knew it was not going well and this doctor turned away the helped of a vascular surgeon. Nobody forcefully spoke up and saved his life. The doctor now practices in a different state. So, I’m all for anything that helps patients advocate for themselves.

By: The not so innovative guy

The not so innovative guy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:30:54 +0000

Now that’s pretty funny. If this is Health 2.0, we better get to 3.0 fast.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:34:44 +0000

Health-only community sites are not a standalone business (at least at present time). The few startups in this space over the past few years that have been sold were priced at roughly the money they raised (ie, asset sales).

Most of the health info sites not backed by a major publisher with other sources of traffic will be next to fail.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:19:23 +0000

Agreed!

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:18:27 +0000

That’s because you don’t have your ears to the ground my friend. Health 3.0 has already (in part) begun.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:16:42 +0000

Does this site offers anything different than say an Organized Wisdom and/or Cosmix? How many monthly uniques do you currently serve, and what ad company do you use?

By: debbienot

debbienot — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:43:57 +0000

sure. then trusera.com will cure your std.s
moron

By: debbie

debbie — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:12:28 +0000

What a bitchy bitter comment, thats why doctors like you will be out of practice soon and we need a site like Trusera

By: Bloppp

Bloppp — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:39:20 +0000

I don’t understand what angel investors ever saw in this company to begin with. There was nothing novel about the site, and it wasn’t like there wasn’t several health sites already in the space doing the same thing.

It didn’t help when the site was poorly executed. Until a bit ago, the site was a cumbersome mess and was really poorly put together.

This company simply had and has no business to be in business. No business model, no revenue, no point.
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!