keyword-cannibalizationlisted

# Keyword Cannibalization Cannibalization is when two or more pages on a site compete for the same query. Google picks one, the signals that should have concentrated on a single strong page are spread across several weaker ones, and the choice often flips week to week. It's over-diagnosed. Two pages appearing for related queries is normal and healthy. Real cannibalization has specific symptoms, and the fix is usually consolidation, which people resist because it means deleting work. ## What it actually looks like Real cannibalization shows at least two of these: - **The ranking URL for a query changes repeatedly** over weeks, with no content changes. - **Several URLs get impressions for the same query**, each with low CTR and mid-range position. - **The wrong page ranks** — a blog post ranking for a commercial term the product page should own. - **A page's position improved when another was removed**, historically. - **Two pages answer the same question**, and a reader wouldn't know which to read. What is **not** cannibalization: - Two pages ranking for **related but distinct** queries. That's coverage. - A category and a product page both appearing for a broad term. Different intents. - Two pages appearing in the same SERP. Google shows two results from one site regularly, and that's a good outcome, not a problem. - A page ranking for a term you didn't target. That's a bonus. ## Detection Group Search Console data by query, count distinct URLs, and look for the quer