# Damned Fine Journalism

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## Adobe's Shift from a Content-Rich Website to a Product-Focused Site

DevFeed: [Adobe's Shift from a Content-Rich Website to a Product-Focused Site](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/remembrance-of-websites-past-40795.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zeldman.com/2026/09/14/remembrance-of-websites-past/>)

Author: L. Jeffrey Zeldman

Published: 2026-09-14T16:21:36Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeffrey Zeldman](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeffrey-zeldman.md>)

Topics: [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Publishing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/publishing.md>)

Tags: [adobe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/adobe.md>), [articles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/articles.md>), [content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/content.md>), [content-first](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/content-first.md>), [content-strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/content-strategy.md>), [damned-fine-journalism](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/damned-fine-journalism.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [interviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interviews.md>), [money](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/money.md>), [opinion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion.md>), [products](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/products.md>), [publishing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/publishing.md>), [state-of-the-web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state-of-the-web.md>), [web-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-design.md>), [web-design-history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-design-history.md>), [websites](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/websites.md>), [zeldman](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zeldman.md>)

### AI overview

The article reflects on Adobe's website in 2000 as a content-rich publication featuring how-to articles, opinions, artist interviews, and product information. It contrasts that model with Adobe's later shift toward a conventional product-focused site and argues that brands did not broadly replace the publishing opportunities lost as journalism declined.

### Source excerpt

2000 was the peak year for Adobe's website. It was a content site filled with creative how-to articles, opinion pieces, and artist interviews where you could also, if you wished, buy or get info on Adobe products. Now this is how you create a product site for a suite of creative products, I told myself [...] The post Remembrance of Websites Past appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.