Yeah its so sad that you cant really rely on those ICO rating sites anymore because usually they are paid by the ICO itself.
It's part on why they created those websites although there's a part of it that sometimes they are helpful. But nowadays reasons are changing and we can't blame them for being offered to list an ICO on their website and give them a nice review and rating as paid even though that project is obviously a nuisance to the crypto world.
There was one time I followed and ICO through and ICO rating site and I was confused they said that the ICO was in the top 5, but the ann thread is so silent. Once I was also scammed and not paid.
This is why I said some of them are listed for paid. But I have some ICOs that are silent in ANN threads but they are active in some parts like actively advertising their project in other platforms. There must be some focus on their part on where they are going to be active, anyways don't rely too much on them always DYOR.