Reviews Duplicate Issue

[WebOps-SEO]

Hi,

I have one query,

Can we use the reviews displayed in one website to other website. I mean

I have one product and has different websites for that.

Can i use the reviews that i got in one of my website in my other website. Will it bring any duplicate content issue?

Also one more question

for example, consider i am running a review website, can i list the reviews that has been displayed in different websites to my review websites . Whether it will bring any copyright issue?

[JarnoNijzing]

Hi,

If I get what you are asking then you will be facing duplicate content issues unless you use a canonical tag stating where you get the reviews from. So for instance if you have product A on websites Z, Y and X (hopefully every site has it's own unique content for the product or you'll be facing duplicate content issues right away).

If you get reviews on Z you want to use them on X and Y
If your get reviews on X you want to use them on Z and Y
etc.

I think you can use canonical tags pointing in the direction you get  the information from but I am not sure it will do the trick. Maybe there is a widget of plugin for the site that gets the reviews from a review site and shows them on the other sites? That might be a lot better and a lot less complicated. Or just keep the reviews at each site. But that is just stating the obvious.

Jarno

[jameskais]

Jarno is correct is using canonical tags on the same URL. However to me the way your question is phrased seems that you will be using content from different domains which would have no impact on your duplicate content if the domains are unique.

Feel free to contact help@moz.com if you need any follow up!

[MonicaOConnor]

If the use of the reviews is for the purpose of user experience there are review aggregates that will share reviews between two domains without placing them in the source code. This will leave out duplicate content penalties and it will not have any effect on SEO. Since the reviews will not be in the code, there will be no positive or negative SEO effects. Yotpo is an aggregate that displays reviews like an RSS feed, and it leaves them out of the source code.