# ratings on google

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratings-on-google/637004>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 7, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratings-on-google/637004 "2012-10-07T17:41:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratings-on-google/637004/1 "2012-10-07T17:41:27Z")

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Where is a good site for finding opinions about an infomercial product? Google used to be okay, but now the first several pages are always filled with disguised commercials for the very same product. Consumer Reports hasn’t tested it.  
I’ll never buy this particular one (Paint Zoom), but their commercial is so outrageous I wonder what others have to say. If the company didn’t sell some they wouldn’t keep running the commercial.  
Peace, (yep, peace).  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratings-on-google/637004/2 "2012-10-07T17:44:20Z")

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Ratings don’t look so good on [Amazon.](http://www.amazon.com/Paint-Sprayer-PZ-001-3-Way-Spray/product-reviews/B005IF5LW4)

ETA:some of the 5 star ratings are written in spammer-speak or ad-write.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratings-on-google/637004/3 "2012-10-08T12:41:19Z")

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> [@runner pat](#):
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> Ratings don’t look so good on [Amazon.](http://www.amazon.com/Paint-Sprayer-PZ-001-3-Way-Spray/product-reviews/B005IF5LW4)
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> ETA:some of the 5 star ratings are written in spammer-speak or ad-write.

I use Amazon sometimes too but, as you say, I don’t trust the raters very much.