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PRACTICAL GUIDE · Content strategy

Avoiding keyword cannibalization in a content library

Two pages mentioning the same term are not automatically competing. The problem arises when they serve the same intent without a meaningful distinction.

A practical starting point

Work through these checks in order. Use the results to decide what needs to change in your own workflow.

  1. Compare the questions, examples and outcomes of overlapping pages.
  2. Consolidate pages that answer the same need and preserve useful detail.
  3. Keep distinct pages when they serve different decisions, linking between them clearly.
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

A general migration checklist and a guide to redirect testing can coexist when their scopes are explicit.

A mistake to avoid

Do not merge pages solely because their titles share a keyword.

How to check progress

Review query-to-page patterns and whether readers land on the intended answer.

Your action checklist

Use this checklist while reviewing your own setup. Checkmarks are temporary and stay in this open page.

Need the wider workflow?

This quick note covers one decision. For a worked example, decision table and a fuller implementation workflow, read Turning customer questions into an editorial backlog.

Further reading

Official background resources for this topic. The workflow above is general guidance, not a guarantee of a particular result.

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