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1. sriganesh 10th November 2009

   nice post and thanks for sharing

2. Seraph 10th November 2009

   Great post Tom! Nice to see some screenshots of how the blogs looked like back then. Cheers!

3. Tom 10th November 2009

   Thanks guys! I’m glad you liked this post I’m still amazed at how much some of these blogs have changed over time.

4. web design sydney 10th November 2009

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5. Melody 11th November 2009

   Wow, never thought I’d be able to see how some of these sites started..it’s awesome for inspiration because you get to see that no site automatically had a perfect setup that worked for them…good to see!

6. Vim 11th November 2009

   Its great to see that popular sites are keeping up with the times, I’ve not heard of some of the sites, but will be checking them out. Tom good choice of sites each site is different in terms of content.

7. joris_lucius 11th November 2009

   Very nice to see this evolution mapped. good work!

8. Stephan Hertz 11th November 2009

   Very interisting to see the development all over the time. thx

9. Tom 11th November 2009

   Melody: I completely agree. Most (if not all) of the largest sites have undergone years of trial and error to get to where they are today. It’s something that we can all emulate.

   Vim: Thanks! I deliberately tried to showcase a variety of sites here, and also a variety of design styles.

10. Marco 11th November 2009

    Nice compilation! Marcofolio did some heavy redesign in the past too . Especially Mashable came a long way!

    Thanks for sharing Tom – keep up the good work!

11. DesignBoy 11th November 2009

    Great stuff, the design’s of the sites have come along way. Funny how something’s look good at the time but when you look back at them you think WTF was i thinking!

12. Tom 11th November 2009

    Marco: Yeah I’m loving Marcofolio’s current design though, a definite improvement.

    Designboy: Haha I’ve definitely been there! Even the first version of PSDFAN is pretty cringing to look back on.

13. Jonathan Kurten 11th November 2009

    This is great! I always wondered how some of these, especially Smashing and PSDTuts, started out. This is invaluable motivation, thanks Tom.

14. Design Informer 11th November 2009

    Oh wow! Cool! I never even saw the first version of Smashing Magazine before.

15. Grafpedia 11th November 2009

    Great Post Tom. nice to see some old screenshots with some websites i visit each day. i know almost all the versions of the sites, and i am happy to see a huge difference between now and then.

16. Dzinepress 12th November 2009

    i think there is some great success stories within design and for us great inspirations. thanks

17. Custo Icon Design 12th November 2009

    This is the first time that i am seeing first version of Smashing Magazine.Thanks.

18. MartynJ 15th November 2009

    Awesome post! Its cool look back at how the big blogs use to look

19. oes tsetnoc 19th November 2009

    SmashingMagazine, Mashable and PSDTUTS are great websites. i wanna do somehting like them, i already thought of a great domain name but i dont know how to make my site that popular like the above.

20. business website templates 19th November 2009

    Nice design … Smashing Magazine is quite cool .. the cover looks great

21. Marcell Purham 22nd November 2009

    I love looking at the old blog designs haha. All the sites listed above design have improve tremendously and have grown tremendously. Great post

22. qwe 23rd November 2009

    where the f*** is abduzeedo man?

23. Craig Teich 24th November 2009

    Very interesting post. I’m a fan of the PSDtuts site, and often go there for design ideas for our sites, our blogs, and when we where creating Profit Platform Pro (a tool for creating highly customizable websites on WordPress). All of the Envato sites are very nice.

    Mashable, on the other hand . . . well, the nicest thing I can say is that their site is primed for improvement.

    Nice post,

    @CraigTeich

24. jack 28th January 2010

    nice one

25. frido 28th January 2010

    interesting to see, how sites have changed after your post!
    However, nice post and thanks for sharing

26. Elektrische Zahnbürste 17th April 2010

    Well these designs are awesome. Thank you very much for sharing your opinion.