R.I.P. Tutorialized

R.I.P. Tutorialized

Tutorialized was an inspiration of mine when I started out on the internet with Pixel2life and I’ve been lucky enough to get to know Kurt directly since leaving (after years of seeing him as an unapproachable figure, it’s strange). Whilst I’m not still directly involved with the tutorial community I do hear a lot of things about it. I still get a lot of the complaints and the news bulletins I got from people two years ago, so I’m almost up-to-date with everything that goes on. I heard this from Kurt himself, and on the 19th of May Kurt announced that Tutorialized (the number one tutorial listing on the internet) had been sold, the new owner being Developer Shed.

Unfortunately Developer Shed have taken over the site and it is dead upon their arrival. With seven advertising spots (three to four advertising the same thing at any one time), two implementations of the ‘White Papers’ service and with a couple of search boxes added by Developer Shed, it’s no wonder I’m hearing so many complaints about the site after they have taken it over.

It’s sad to see another of the great tutorial sites fall from the grace of the audience that held it so highly in regard. But I’d like to congratulate Kurt on the money he made from the sale as I don’t think anyone can doubt that he deserves every single penny of the money he received for building what was the best tutorial listing web site on the internet and something I held very high respect for until Developer Shed left their mark.

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Comments:

  1. That is so sad.. people do like to ruin sites. :\

  2. i dunno why they don’t just stick a big “Click the ads” sign at the top of the page, its obvious that its all they want the site for or at least thats the feeling i get when i look their.

    - Fav: tutorialized.com :(

  3. I see what you mean regarding the ads. I guess all good things must come to an end.

  4. Well said Jamie, and thanks for the kind words. It is a bit of a shame what’s happened to the appearance of Tutorialized, but that also goes to show that the web is changing. It’s not all one-man-shows making it for the love anymore.. Now there are people with investors, board of directors, employees, etc. There are mouths to be fed and I’m afraid this could be just the beginning.

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