How to import from goodreads?

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  altheaann · Member · Apr 3, 2014 at 9:34 pm

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  Hi!
  I’d like to import my goodreads reviews as separate blog posts (if possible, back-dated, but that’s not essential.).
  Is this possible?

  Thanks,
  Althea

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Apr 3, 2014 at 9:39 pm

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  There is no automatic way to do this and I would not advise you to do this at all. If you did that you would create duplicate content across domains so read what Google’s position is here. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66359?hl=en

  I would create a new post and backlink to my goodreads reviews in it.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 3, 2014 at 9:40 pm

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  P.S. You might be interested in this http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/goodreads-widget/

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  altheaann · Member · Apr 3, 2014 at 9:48 pm

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  Many, many goodreads users maintain external blogs in order to keep more control over their own content, for improved searchability and data management.
  Last I checked, google did not own my copyright, nor was syndication of content outlawed.

  The widget does not accomplish what I want, at all.
  I am very surprised that this site does not seem to support CSV imports. Is this actually the case? If so; I’ll simply go elsewhere… Staff?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2014 at 11:16 pm

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  I’ll tag this thread for a Staff response. Subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  altheaann · Member · Apr 8, 2014 at 8:06 pm

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  Thanks; I am waiting patiently… :-)

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  jackiedana · Member · Apr 8, 2014 at 11:05 pm

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  We do not have a Goodreads importer at this time. You may wish to post this as a suggestion in the Ideas forum: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/ideas

  By the way, timethief was simply giving you a tip concerning search engine behavior and SEO. Google and other search engines heavily penalize duplicate content, so if it finds the exact same content on Goodreads and a blog, the blog may perform poorly in search engine results.