What is Keyword cannibalization?

[varunindia88]

What is Keyword cannibalization?

[Jatinder]

Keyword cannibalization means that you have various blog posts or articles on your site that can rank for the same search query in Google. Either because the topic they cover is too similar or because you optimized them for the same keyphrase.

[dennis123]

Hi Friends,
Keyword cannibalization is a critical problem happening when a website is targeting same keyword, term or phrase on multiple pages of website. In this case each page of website focusing on a same primary term so that the Search Engines face difficulty to choose which page is more relevant for optimized query and result Search Engines automatically decide one version of page to show in search results.

[RH-Calvin]

Keyword cannibalization is what happens when you have multiple pages on your website that all target the same keyword. When more than one page is designed to rank for one particular keyword, you end up competing with yourself.

[ritesh3592]

To put it simply: Keyword cannibalization happens when two or more of your pages are targeting and ranking for the same keyword

[juliaalan]

Keyword cannibalization is something to take seriously as it can potentially damage your rankings for multiple reasons.
Keyword cannibalization happens when a website’s information architecture relies on a single keyword or phrase on multiple parts of the website. While this can occur unintentionally, having a bunch of pages that target the same keyword can cause problems. It can also occur when you don’t respect Google’s guidelines regarding keyword stuffing across multiple pages. Most of the time the purpose of keyword stuffing strategies is to rank for a specific term.

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[Julian16]

thanks for the simple explanation)

[itznehamali]

Keyword cannibalization means that you have various blog posts or articles on your site that can rank for the same search query in Google. Either because the topic they cover is too similar or because you optimized them for the same keyphrase.

I agree with you.

[dombowkett]

When you target one same keyword on multiple webpages in a website.