I am a recruitnik and I don't say that. I've seen objective evaluations of the the recruiting sites, comparing to NFL draft picks. Rivals and 247 are neck and neck. That's objective, not some subjective BS because you got kicked off their site. ESPN is the one that is really bad. Each site has some terrible people - Woody at Rivals is pretty bad. But others are quite good. ON3 stole Jake Reuse from Rivals, and he is a good one. He would tell you how great the people at Rivals are. ON3 will take time to get their network setup, but Terry will because he has done it before. And he will then sell it again.
I am a UGA fan, so I interact with them way more than you do. The first thing is that if someone is actually getting their panties in a wad because 247 sucks, or Rivals blows, they are the idiots. They both have advantages. 247 allows you to read other team sites. Huge advantage. Rivals, at least if UGA, has a way deeper staff who is more connected than 247 (hell, one of their staff is an ex head UGA football coach, and ESPN announcer, who has lined up podcasts of Dabo, Herbie, Lou Holtz, Rece Davis, Fowler, etc. that gets to go to practices and things access others don't get). That isn't to put down 247, as Rusty and his gang also have great connections to UGA and Georgia. That's why most people who are rational say I pay for both and get information from both. Except for the daily podcast, which is great, DawgNation does not have the depth the other 2 do and it's why it's not a pay site. That said, I listen to their podcast every day. Rivals has the best Insiders ... there are at least 3-5 posters who very carefully post who are directly involved with the team in some capacity ... they post with full knowledge of Smart ... I think it is there way of controlling the bad that can happen with wild rumors.