Avoid Keyword Self-Cannibalization. Please Help
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This has been addressed plenty of times but I cannot find an example that addresses my issue so that is why I am posting this. I am getting the following Self-Cannibalization error for my Homepage and I am trying to fix it but I just don't see it or maybe I do not understand this correctly.
http://fake-diploma.com Keyword Fake Diploma
Cannibalizing link"How to make a fake diploma", "How to get a fake diploma", "Making a Fake High School Diploma", "Fake Diploma Template", and "Framing your fake diploma"
My understanding is that for Self-Cannibalization to occur I would have to have a link on this page pointing to another page using "Fake Diploma" as my anchor text since I want this page to rank for Fake Diploma. I do have the left sidebar which contains my most recent post and my of my titles do include Fake Diploma but I thought that since they were not an Exact Match and are actually longtail keywords that they did not matter or cause Self-Cannibalization. Am I wrong? How do I fix this.
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Writing content with the keywords you want to rank is great, but just don't overuse them. There's a thin line between mentioning the keyword and stuffing an article with it. There's been a lot of chatter about the percentage of how many times your keyword should be mentioned within the text, however, I suggest you go with a "user target" in mind. Don't build content for search engines, build it for users!
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Hey thanks for the great article. I am definitely going to have to check a few of them out as I have only been using the Google Keyword tool. Maybe I am confused again.
So Fake Diploma is my main keyword. But I also want to rank for some longtail keywords like " Fake College Diploma", "Fake Diploma Generator", "How to make a Fake Diploma" just to name a few. I thought the best way to rank for the longtail keywords was to actually write a post about that keyword and use it in the title as well. But if I am understanding you correctly by doing this it could be considered as keyword stuffing. So how and I supposed to try to rank for the longtails.
Again thank you for your patience and answering my questions.
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You are welcome!
We posted an article about a week ago that includes a list of tools you can use to do some keyword research, almost all free: http://www.fulltraffic.net/blog/85067/5-amazingly-effective-ppc-keyword-research-tools/
WordStream's Keyword Niche Finder as a really good choice while ubersuggest will also provide you with lots of ideas. Both offer the option to download the findings. Try researching some long-tail too. Fake diploma is basically the same as "not real diploma", "diploma without classes" and so on.
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Federico thank you for your response. I am a Rookie when it comes to SEO and I am trying my best with the information I have been able to track down. I didn't realize that could be considered Keyword Stuffing. I used the Google Keyword Tool and searched Fake Diploma and it gave me 79 related keywords and they all included the phrase Fake Diploma. I figured since Google saw them as separate Keywords I was safe. Unfortunately there are not to many other words to describe a Fake Diploma. Can you offer up any other options or suggestions? Or maybe point me in the right direction.
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Roger actually reads the content not as in an exact match but "broad" (I think is called). As long as the link has the text "fake diploma" you are self-cannibalizating the keyword.
However, reading what you posted, I won't suggest using ALWAYS the same keyword, that could be seen as keyword stuffing, which doesn't only lower your rankings but you could get you penalized.
I would diffidently come with some alternatives, do some keyword research on the niche and try to use alternatives, it would help with the self-cannibalization + avoid a keyword stuffing penalty, while opening the possibility to earn traffic from other keywords.
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