Many online product review sites are paid by the company whose products they review
[I wrote this item in October but never published it. In light of the news about TripAdvisor.com deleting and censoring negative reviews, this item is now relevant. While this post is about mattress reviews, the same principle is at work with TripAdvisor – that is, the review site receives a sales commission for sending a sale to the vendor.] The following link goes to a very long story about online mattress reviews. The short summary is that many mattress companies…