In Reply to: What you don't know about TripAdvisor posted by wdr on Wednesday, 2. March 2016 at 14:46 Bali Time:
I have always taken reviews with a grain of salt because after many trips to Bali now I know other people's experiences and expectations are often so very different to mine. Also I have seen terribly negative reviews for places I love.
One thing the article taught me is that if a hotel hasn't been coerced into signing up all you will see at the top of the page under the hotel's name is their address - no reference to website or phone numbers. In this way I now know the places I look at are not paying a big fee that they inevitably have to pass on to all their guests as higher overall room rates.