Still Getting Keyword Self-Cannibalization

[brentmitchell]

I used the onsite optimization and made some changes to my post, but am still getting the Self-Cannibalization mention in my results.

It lists this:

"Real Estate Careers | Keller Williams | Career In Real Estate" as the link that is not supposed to be there.

This is not a link, but the title of the post.  What am I missing?

[brentmitchell]

yes, i'm using 'real estate careers' as the keyword. when i run the report, i get an 'a' with the only error being the cannibalization.

i've been tweaking other pages on my site and am seeing the same thing on most of them....

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[RyanKent]

The On-Page optimization report requires two input factors: the URL and the keyword.

You offered the URL so we are half-way there   What is the keyword you are trying to optimize the page for?

I tried using "Real Estate Careers" as the keyword. Your page scored a "B" and was successful on 34 of the 36 metrics tracked by the report. There was no error related to duplicate data or cannibalization.

[brentmitchell]

hey ryan,

i'm running my pages through the on-page optimizer and am getting a notice that I'm Self-Cannibalizing my page by linking to "Real Estate Careers | Keller Williams | Career In Real Estate".

This is not a link, but the title of my post...why is it saying this?

plugin http://www.youdrivethesuccess.com/ into the on-page optimization tool and you will see what I'm talking about...let me know what you think. thanks.

[RyanKent]

Hi Brent.

We need further information. Your question leaves us open to making too many guesses.

• When you say "I am still getting self cannibalization in my results", what results exactly are you referring to? The SEOmoz crawl report?

• Where exactly does it list "Real Estate Careers | Keller Williams | Career In Real Estate"? The "Title Tag" field?

• Which field says there is a duplication? The Duplicate Page Content field?

The report name, the type of duplication (field name), and the URLs involved are what is necessary to offer a specific reply.

Generally speaking, there are a few possible causes of content duplication. The most common is a need for canonicalization. Often there are multiple URLs which lead to the same exact page. Canonicalization is one way you can declare the primary URL for a given page.