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CNET has a rating of 3.3 stars from 75 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with CNET most frequently mention great place. CNET ranks 7th among Product Reviews sites.

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Top Positive Review

“Good Advice and Clear Reviews”

CJ G.
8/11/15

I love this site. I am far from being an expert in anything related to computing, but I get by. This site provides good reviews on the products out there and interesting articles to help consumers make informed choices. They are a hub for useful downloads too.

Top Critical Review

“Your site is unusable”

Bob C.
12/7/16

I have visited cnet for almost 2 decades and while they used to have good content all they offer now is an infinite variety of obnoxious ads that do everything possible to distract the user. Maybe you need a few adults to guide the kids who assemble this crap.

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Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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December 7th, 2022

They twist their words to fit their own narrative which is unhelpful to the reader and it can be perceived as fake news.

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California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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February 27th, 2018

CNET Supports corrupt companies. Besides finding several apps that were listed as FREEWARE / No Fee, then finding they has a 20 USD price, I assumed employee's of CNET are lazy about verifying the products they represent. I finally found a product I liked called 'Write Monkey,' listed as freeware. I downloaded it, and found it to be a basic text editor like 'Notepad.' The higher functions I wanted were available only when a donation was sent. I installed the program, and sent in a donation. I was supposed to get a reply with a code. My bank verified the purchase was made. The guru had my money. Technically, it is not a purchase, as the leader one very slick guru, a master pomaranchathey, calls it a donation, but clearly stipulates the higher functions are available only when a donation is sent.

I received NO RECEIPT IN EMAIL, NO SPECIAL KEY... They are corrupt as they took my money with no return mail,

To recap; NO key or acknowledgement of my purchase they call a donation. It is a purchase as they say to received the higher functions, send a donation they will send a key. None of that happened. So I sent an EMAIL to the Guru explaining my problem. I received in reply a 'No user found via return reply. Write Monkey may or may not be great, but the head is Just one more fake guru, making money on off shore patrons who have no recourse.

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Canada
20 reviews
32 helpful votes
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February 25th, 2017

Don't pull $#*! like popup video ads, that deceitfully generate a separate tab when you click the X, or you get a bad review.

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GB
7 reviews
12 helpful votes
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January 18th, 2012

Totally slow and unresponsive, riddled with scripts that don't work and make the site unusable. Hilarious for a tech site really...

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New York
16 reviews
46 helpful votes
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October 16th, 2011

Great site if you need to download any freeware. Plus if you are getting it from them, you can have a piece of mind that it's scanned for viruses.

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California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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December 25th, 2020

Thanks a lot guys! I was pleased to work with you. I will recommend this service to my friends! I am still under impression.

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India
1 review
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September 30th, 2020

Luck this picture birds in the see. This picture luck relax our mind. Too birds play game. This picture click in Mumbai.

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New Hampshire
4 reviews
10 helpful votes
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October 22nd, 2011

Cnet.com is a very useful site to check out software ratings. It has both their review and subscriber's view.

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California
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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November 3rd, 2015

Tried downloading 3 pieces of software, every time I got a virus or malware. Just not worth the effort anymore coming here~

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New York
4 reviews
13 helpful votes
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December 14th, 2014

Ugh. I used to LOVE Cnet. But now? They bundle about half the downloads with horrible bloatware. Really a shame.

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New York
7 reviews
26 helpful votes
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February 24th, 2014

Cnet is a great source for reviews and news on all things gadget and techy

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Illinois
12 reviews
13 helpful votes
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December 7th, 2011

Lots of good downloads, mostly trials but it's still awesome.

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California
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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November 22nd, 2011

Has decent reviews but it needs to be a little more detailed oriented.

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Georgia
5 reviews
19 helpful votes
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