
Trustpilot Has a Hidden Data Layer — JSON-LD Gives You Every Review Without Scraping
Every Trustpilot business page contains a hidden data layer that most scrapers completely ignore. While other tools fight with JavaScript rendering, cookie walls, and anti-bot systems — there's a <script> tag sitting right in the HTML source that contains every single review in a machine-readable format. It's called JSON-LD, and it's there because Trustpilot wants Google to read it. What Is JSON-LD? JSON-LD (Linked Data) is a standard that websites use to tell search engines about their content. When you see star ratings in Google search results — that's JSON-LD at work. Trustpilot embeds this data in every business page: <script type= "application/ld+json" > { " @type " : " LocalBusiness " , " name " : " Company Name " , " aggregateRating " : { " ratingValue " : " 4.2 " , " reviewCount " : " 1847 " , " bestRating " : " 5 " } } </script> And on review pages, each review is a separate JSON-LD object: { "@type" : "Review" , "author" : { "@type" : "Person" , "name" : "John D." }, "reviewR
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