Ever read 20 reviews and feel more confused than when you started?
That is not a reading problem. That is a sorting problem.
Most people scroll through reviews like they are reading a novel. Top to bottom. Hoping the truth just jumps out. But it does not work that way. Some reviews are real. Some are planted. Some are just someone having a bad day.
You would not let 30 strangers shout at you in a room and call that research. So why do we do it online?
Today we fix that. This prompt takes a pile of reviews and sorts them into four clean buckets — so you only pay attention to the ones that actually help you decide.
Think of it like sorting mail. Bills go in one pile. Junk goes in the trash. Personal letters get read. You already know how to do this. Now your AI does it with reviews.
Ask AI:
I am looking at online reviews for a product or service I am considering buying. I have about 20-30 reviews pulled up. Help me sort these reviews into categories so I can tell which ones are trustworthy and which ones I should ignore. For each review I describe, place it into one of these categories: 1. Verified and Useful — the reviewer gives specific details, mentions real usage, and the tone sounds like a normal person sharing their experience. 2. Suspicious or Fake — the review is vague, overly positive or negative without details, uses marketing language, or was posted around the same date as many similar reviews. 3. Emotional but Low Info — the reviewer is clearly frustrated or thrilled but does not give enough detail to help me decide. 4. Outdated or Irrelevant — the review is about an older version, a different model, or does not apply to what I am buying. After sorting, give me: - A count of how many reviews fell into each category - The 3 most useful specific claims from the Verified and Useful pile - A one-sentence overall read: based on the trustworthy reviews only, is this product or service worth it or not? Here are the reviews I want you to sort: [Paste your reviews here]Example Uses
Choosing a local contractor — A handyman has 30 Google reviews. Some are one-liners from years ago. This prompt finds the ones that describe actual work, pricing, and whether the job was finished on time.
Picking a Medicare supplement plan — You found a comparison site with user reviews. Some are clearly from agents, some are real patients. This prompt separates the sales pitches from the people who actually filed a claim.
Suggested Tool: Claude — this prompt is about organizing and structuring written information into clean categories, which is Claude's strength. Gemini is also a strong option if you are sorting a large number of reviews from multiple sources.
Try it today. Next time you are staring at a wall of reviews, copy this prompt and paste the reviews right in. Then hit reply and tell me — what surprised you most about which reviews were actually useful?
Until next issue,
Stay in Win Mode!
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