Linking to local pages on main page - keyword self-cannibalization issue?
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Hi guys,
Our website has this landing page:
Is this considered keyword self-cannibalization if on the above page we link to local pages such as:
www.example.com/service1-in-chicago/
www.example.com/service1-in-newyork/
www.example.com/service1-in-texas/
Many thanks
David
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If your homepage isn't attempting to rank for "in Chicago", "in New York" etc. then I don't see an issue with cannibalization as such.
That said, I'd be wary of the tactic in general, unless you have offices in those areas. My experience has been that you'll be underwhelmed with the results if "Service in New York" etc. is triggering local search results when you don't actually have an address to go on those pages.
If you do have multiple locations, then creating a page for each address is definitely the way to go.
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