Reviews of girls and especially agencies that "definitely" check references (probably 80% of the ads stating refs. required never ask when I call but that's another topic) I tend to give little credibility since giving a less than glowing review often means you no longer can see the other girls in the so called "agency" or "stable" and have certainly burned the ability to use her as a future reference thus rarely do you see a poor review for girls that DEFINITELY require references. PF's are the way to go in this instance to find out the real deal.

Spotting the shills factors in greatly. When various checkboxes were introduced, the shills were fast to take advantage and mark every possible service as being available despite not the slightest mention of "toys", "two girl show", etc. being mentioned. It is their way of getting/maximizing a "hit" for their girls when others search the reviews.

The other shill tactic is that they know exactly the character limit in the comments field and since many are not VIP Members, know that access to the comments are viewable by all so write a packed and detailed glowing report in that field. Always a big flag for me.

Since I follow the Personals closely, I make a note of girls who advertise discounts for Reviews so that I can throw out all of her reviews.

Overall, I'm looking for trends and to see if service is slacking off, getting to mechanical, no shows or always being late, as a guide.

The only bad sessions I've ever had is when I've failed to follow my own guidelines! Happy hunting!

"God knew what he was doing when he created Women"

Then I read the lowest reviews 1,2,3; if there are more than 1 or 2 bad reviews, it's usually a no-go.

I read the 6-8 reviews most carefully to see which services are consistently offered to all/most, which are upsells and which girls have "others" writing ad copy they are unaware of.
If a girl has 3 or more decent reviews, I know it's YMMV and up to me to make it great. But, I do like to know if she is the "clock starts when the money is passed" type, if she answers her phone during the session, if she has bad knees or hips and can't do a certain position etc.

Do I really have to ask you two more times?

Mostly I try to read between the lines and get a sense of the tone of the reviewer. I try to do that when I write a review give you a sense of my tone.
I sometimes throw out the one review, reviewers comments but, I also tend to throw out the many reviews, reviewers claims of service that is way beyond any other hobbyist's experience. Yes, I know YMMV exists but when someone claims they got FS from a FBSM provider that has pages of reviews and no mention of FS or even FBSM+, I throw that one out. If she has many bad reviews that are of the same nature I move on.

Grip
Love to dive where it's wet

I read all the reviews, and if just one, then see if that reviewer is creditable (veteran rber). I tend to throw out a single bad review as a ymmv thing.

If no reviews I will try to at least google the phone number and tineye the pics to research a bit more (that has helped a lot).

I read the entire review paying particular attention to how the visit went down to get an idea what I can expect and to see if she does the things I like.

BTW, my best encounter ever with who I consider the best looking gal on rb (who I now see on regular basis) had only a single review.

Another girl I saw recently (LovinLisa) had no reviews but that worked out also.

Review-Reserach-EXECUTE!