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Kind of related question - any suggestions what to use if I want to skip this problem? I was looking for some headphones earlier and as explained in the article, most sites point to the same brands. I finally got to see some different brands/models and users reviews from forum group. The problem is I found those forums from Google… so any suggestions what I can try without being stuck in this google SEO vortex?

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mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Consumer Reports is still around and still excellent. I paid for a membership to them for quite some time and it was worth it.

I think it's an instance of the fundamental problem that if people generally want something (good reviews) for free, but it costs money to make, eventually it'll get hollowed out and replaced with something empty and worthless, because there wasn't money in continuing to provide it for free.

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- dangerous50@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thanks. Totally forgot about them.
  
  Very good point. And with this ads/google revenue model, it’s SEO skills that makes money instead of good skill to write a meaningful review.
  
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  - mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah. Meaningful reviews actually really interfere with your ability to make money, because your advertisers won't be super happy if the ad they paid money for saying "It tastes great!" is right next to the article explaining that actually it tastes like whale semen.
    
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zhunk@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Wirecutter and RTINGS both do a lot of testing and reviews, including for headphones.

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- dangerous50@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Awesome. I ran into RTINGS a few times. But not wirecutter. Gonna give those a read.
  
  Thanks
  
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