SEO | The four main types of Cannibalisation affecting the visibility of your content
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SEO Cannibalisation revisited and updated illustrating just how easily your online content can loose visibility and in turn negatively impact on your organic traffic and lead to revenue attrition.
It is starting to answer questions
we are regularly being asked
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1. Internal Cannibalisation
2. Subdomain Conflict
3. International Conflict
4. Semantic Flux
The Four Types Of Cannibalisation
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Site: Argos
Search Term - iPad price
Jan 2014 to March 2015
Conflict from below position 80!
Four very similar product pages @jonearnshaw | @PiDatametrics
Example Three
“I’ve tried everything but we can’t
seem to get above the fold!”
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Site: Debenhams
Search Term - living room furniture
January to April 2015
The glass ceiling
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Site: Debenhams
Search Term - living room furniture
January to April 2015
Five competing URLs
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Site: www.sportinglife.com
Search Term - grand national betting
Oct 2014 to April 2015
There’s clearly something going on here!
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Site: www.barclays.co.uk
Search Term - compare current accounts
Nov 2014 to March 2015
A gradual decline from above the fold
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Site: www.barclays.co.uk
Search Term - compare current accounts
Nov 2014 to March 2015
Two conflicting pages on the same domain
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Internal Conflict | Summary
● Google is not sure which page to return
● Confusion results in position flux
● Serps Doorways Inconsistent
How Can we fix it?
● Decide on the page you want to return - Give It Authority
● Theme it uniquely and well
● Get your structure right
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Site: shop.tescomobile.com
Search Term - mobile phone upgrade
Oct 2014 to March 2015
www version pulls the subdomain off page 1
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Site: store.three.co.uk
Search Term - latest mobile phones
07 March to 02 April 2015
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Enter three conflicting pages from the www site
Summary
Monitor the visibility of your content daily
Never be fooled by a straight line
Always investigate suspicious flux
Check for internal cannibalisation first
Let Google know which pages you want to return highest
With subdomain conflict - rearchitect or agree ownership
Be aware of semantic cannibalisation - it’s increasing!
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