Where to find Unbiased Software Reviews?

Marshall Moore

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I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good site (unbiased) for software reviews. I have Google'd many software reviews and I have become suspicious that they are mostly biased. I understand that if a software company is spending money with your site (advertising or whatever) you can't tick them off by giving an honest review if their software isn't very good. So does anyone have any suggestion?

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Read user reviews rather than professional ones. It is completely irrelevant if some geek with 20 years expereince in IT finds some software "easy to use, self explanatory and full of features". A normal user might very well find it confusing, too many options, useless help files etc. Of course this would be an extreme situation but not that unrealistic.
Are you looking for something in particular?
 

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Editor's Reviews

I tend to find Softpedia's reviews are unbiased and state the bad points as well as the good ones:

Software and game reviews

To search use this string on Google search:

site:Softpedia - Free Downloads Encyclopedia reviews windows name of software Review

EDIT:

site:***.softpedia.*** reviews windows name of software "Editor's Review"

Replace *** and *** with www and com

So for Malwarebytes as an example:

site:***.softpedia.*** reviews windows malwarebytes "Editor's Review"

Replace *** and *** with www and com


Note: They don't review all software but most popular software has a review. You would read the "Editor's Review" to get the best information along with any user reviews but user reviews can be misleading especially if their own machine has misconfiguration of settings or is generally suffering from poor maintenance.
 
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Thank you I will certainly check it out. Thanks
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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Intel i7 2600K
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Gigabyte Technology Co. - Model GA-Z68X-UD5-B3
Memory
G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 1866
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7870 GV-R787OC-2GD
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Asus Xonar Essence STX
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HP 2711x 27 inch
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1920x1080
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SSD OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB
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HDD 1.5T|HITACHI 7K3000
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CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 (Modular)
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Norton Internet Security
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WaterFox 64 bit
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Audioengine A5+ w/S8 sub and Audio-Technica ATH M50 headphones
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