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January 23, 2026

# Keyword Cannibalization for Beginners: The 5-Minute Primer

If you've never touched keyword cannibalization before, here's the version without the jargon.

Cannibalization is a quiet SEO problem because nothing looks broken — both pages rank, just not as well as either one would alone, since you're competing against yourself in the results.

You don't need to understand everything about it on day one. Start with just this: when you find two pages targeting the same query, pick the stronger one (more backlinks, more traffic) and consolidate the weaker page into it with a 301 redirect.

The most common beginner mistake is skipping it entirely because it sounds technical. It usually isn't — keyword cannibalization is one of those things that looks intimidating from the outside and takes ten minutes once you actually sit down with it.

Once this feels comfortable, 301 redirect chains is a natural next thing to learn.

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