A little extra help can go a long ways, and, if you are a teacher, I’m sure you’ve seen this first hand. Well, with the relaunch of the TutorLinker.com service, the search for this help may have just become easier. The service allows you to search by an address for available tutors within your area. Each tutor will be highlighted on a map and, after clicking to view the tutor’s profile, you will be able to see the subjects they cover and the price they charge per hour.

The TutorLinker.com website is your classic, Web 2.0 site. Using the Google Maps API to create a mash-up of tutors and maps and a nice influx of AJAX, they’ve created a great looking website that is easy to navigate. However, the site lacks the ability to rate tutors and leave comments for the rest of the community to see. In my opinion, this greatly diminishes the usefulness of their service. If I have no way to know the quality of work provided by the tutor, I might as well not even know about the tutor.

With a few extra features, TutorLinker.com could become a great resource for teachers, students and parents to leverage. It will be interesting to see how quickly they can grow their base of tutors to adequately cover the nation and make the service applicable to all. This is a common hurdle that all social sites, including PlansForUs, has to overcome. We, for sure, will be keeping an eye on their site to see how they do and wish them well in their efforts.

by Brian, Chief Architect