Canonical
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Can I use canonical from one site to another having different domains?
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I personally wouldn't unless it's was a sub domain
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Watch this video. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/cross-domain-canonical-the-new-301-whiteboard-friday
This topic covered pretty good.
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