I guess as an example, I like to look at pools with lowest fees... So I'll look at Crypto compare and sort by coins mined and fees ... but then you have to go looking elsewhere for reviews, etc...
So litecoinpool.org for LTC , and Luxor for SIA, or BTCC for BTC all have low fees or higher than 100% payouts and all PPS so I'm liking those for various reasons...
Anyway, any tips or shared knowledge would be awesome