have you tried that? I don't know if it's changed recently or not, but I just tried some searches for reviews of a printer, a car, and a cellphone and got all seemingly reputable links on the first page.
(these seemed like fairly typical products you might search for in these categories...I don't actually know any of them very well)
Now, that's not to say that cnet is the best place to get reviews, but it definitely isn't anywhere near as bad as the sites I seem to remember review queries formerly returning.
What we really need is a good way of searching for those really good review sites that people who know about them absolutely trust. I can't think of any way to structure a query that might get me from looking for a camera to danso's endorsement of DPReview above. Narrowing to forums might help get you there, but it would be nice to not have to open a bunch of discussion pages and scan for decent seeming sites.
https://www.google.com/search?q=hp+officejet+pro+8600+review
https://www.google.com/search?q=2012+BMW+3+Series+reviews
https://www.google.com/search?q=lg+nitro+hd+review
(these seemed like fairly typical products you might search for in these categories...I don't actually know any of them very well)
Now, that's not to say that cnet is the best place to get reviews, but it definitely isn't anywhere near as bad as the sites I seem to remember review queries formerly returning.
What we really need is a good way of searching for those really good review sites that people who know about them absolutely trust. I can't think of any way to structure a query that might get me from looking for a camera to danso's endorsement of DPReview above. Narrowing to forums might help get you there, but it would be nice to not have to open a bunch of discussion pages and scan for decent seeming sites.