Can RSS be duplicate content?

[RHunt]

Hi all!

I presently run a travel oriented newsfeed on one of our domains. It's a combination of travel info from outside sources as well as some items pertaining to our availability and specials. I want to take the XML file I generate, rename it and use the same feed on several domains. Would this be considered to be duplicate content by the SE's? Part of me says yes, but the very nature of the newsfeed is syndication which involves duplication. Would this be acceptable to the SE's?

Thanks!

[Saurabh Uttam]

Originally Posted by RHunt

Hi all!

I presently run a travel oriented newsfeed on one of our domains. It's a combination of travel info from outside sources as well as some items pertaining to our availability and specials. I want to take the XML file I generate, rename it and use the same feed on several domains. Would this be considered to be duplicate content by the SE's? Part of me says yes, but the very nature of the newsfeed is syndication which involves duplication. Would this be acceptable to the SE's?

Thanks!

You can use feeds to fill your website with content, but most of your pages would go into google's supplemental results and it would be basically help the main blog/website from which you are pulling the feeds. Mixing feeds may help sometimes, but these days playing with search engines are not at all recommended.

Saurabh