Tutorz
What is Tutorz?

Tutorz is a smart and easy way to find, rate and review tutors. You already know that asking teachers, friends and family is a good way to find tutors. Tutorz helps you find the tried and trusted tutors.

How does Tutorz find the perfect tutor for you?

About

Founded in January of 2007 by Dirk Wagner, Sameer Saproo, and Erik Olsson Tutorz.com is a vertical search engine helping parents and students find educational tutors. Currently Tutorz is based out of Port Hueneme, California and is a privately owned limited liability corporation (LLC) with four employees. The Tutorz.com site provides listings of over 10,000 tutors nationwide.

Tutorz' three founders, students at the University of California at Irvine (UCI), developed the company during a HiTech OCTANe computing project. The development project has recently been a strong competitor for many grants and is currently looking to earn a prize in innovative computer programming from the university.

Tutorz.com doesn’t employ its own tutors instead it provides an information hub for those looking to hire one. “The goal is to provide an innovative tutoring network that is simple, precise, and effective,” says Bryan McNutt, VP of Marketing at Tutorz.com.


Features

Vertical Search Engine
Tutor information stored in Tutorz’ database are made available to the user through our vertical search engine (or domain specific engine). Focusing on single domain empowers our vertical search engine to increase the relevancy for results.

Users often wish to qualify their query, e.g. female tutors only, accountant, certification, or price range ($30-$40 per hour). While even advanced data retrieving techniques almost never deliver the desired relevance, our filters do a superb job in helping the user specify this complex request. As filters need to be customized for each vertical domain this task is easy to accomplish on Tutorz.

Profiles
The Tutorz.com site allows tutors to effectively establish a nationwide network. This is accomplished by posting a tutor profile on the site. The tutor profile feature allows the tutor to publish their professional qualifications and contact information. Tutorz.com then provides the communication hub supplying the information to a targeted audience. Creating a detailed user profile at Tutorz.com allows students and parents to select the tutor that fits their specific needs.

Rating System
The five star rating system and tags next to each tutor profile allows the user to choose a tutor with a high rating and then rate their personal experience with the tutor as well. Once the student or parent has employed a tutor at Tutorz.com they can evaluate the tutor’s performance directly on the website. Publishing the evaluation through our rating system will help future users select an effective tutor. The Tutorz.com rating system also uses advanced algorithms to allow user only one click to rate the tutor. This system results in more effective and accurate ratings for each tutor.

Tutor on Google Map
Tutorz.com also provides a map with each tutor profile this can help the student or parent better locate the tutor in their area. The map at Tutorz.com displays an icon in the general vicinity of the tutor’s location. This user friendly mapping system integrates Google Maps and innovations at Tutorz.com to enhance the overall effectiveness of our service.