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I wanted / needed your response to 'prove' to someone that it does no harm.

In our case, it is not an issue of demoting the overall UX, but, your point is well taken.

It is giving the user / shopper a view of the link under the 'used car' navigation tab ... Hey you, USER, you can see just pickup trucks here!

And, then again, under the 'Specials' tab where he/she may be looking for used pickup truck that is a 'special' or, maybe looking for used cars that are 'on special' and WOULD consider a used pickup truck.

So, by simply showing him/her a quick and easy way to get to used pickup trucks for sale in two places, two views ... two spots under the main navigation bar, we see no harm.  If they were part of the first level of navigation it might create 'confusion', but, we think it being one level down ( you wouldn't see them like i showed them - I know this wasn't clear) where the User/Shopper would have to click on either INVENTORY or SPECIALS ( main navigation menu tabs) to even see that "used pickup trucks' was repeated, we don't feel that will cause confusion by being repetitive - but I know that wasn't clear.

THANKS so much for the answer and for confirming there really isn't any SEO 'foul' or no-no here.

Happy New Year

Best,

Gary Test

NOT talking about the same page being linked to twice

Talking about One (1) (landing) page Being Listed Twice In Navigation.

Looking for a definitive answer that there is NO negative SEO ( or negative anything ) to put the same page in your site's Navigation Bar ... twice  (or more than once)

Can't find anything written that there is anything to consider or be concerned with, but, thought I'd ask.

I'm a newERbie, but not a NEWbie...have 2.5 years experience in local, on-page SEO...but only know what I know

Maybe I should know this, but, I don't.

E.g.      Home       New Cars     Used Cars     Special Offers    Service    Finance    About Us

PickUps         PickUps

This is JUST an example, but, we have multiple occurences, let's say,  Trade-In-Value  ... in two places. One page, two locations in navigation.

I have SEEN it being done, 'all the time', but now, when I went to do it with a little bit of a different rationale, I was questioned about ' ... is this okay for SEO '

I THINK yes

But, I want to KNOW yes ... it is ok.

Here is LIKE the situation I am talking about.  In the Capital District of NY State 'Albany' is the hub. But, 20 minutes east is Rensselaer County with "Troy" as it's hub city and to the west is Schenectady County with the City of Schenectady as it's hub. That's the triangulation here, but, not unique to here ...and we encounter this situation coast to coast ( we have clients coast to coast ).  So, as mentioned, I'm using my 'hometown' as an example, because I am most familiar with this locale, but, this applies in other areas too ... an example, Baltimore Maryland and it's suburbs.  Oklahoma City, OK and it's suburbs etc. etc.

In the Capital District of NY State the overall population is 1,000,000. 1mm people and 5 Honda Dealerships all sharing that market.  So even though 1 Honda Dealership is in Troy (Rensselaer) and 1 Honda Dealership is in Schenectady and 1 Honda Dealership is in Albany, they are all close enough together that they all sell cars to people who live and work in the competitors market.  20 Minutes apart at the points of the triangle more or less.

MY client is an outlier. It's GMB address and physical location is "Latham" NY.  Not Albany Schenectady or Troy. Another outlier that falls in the into the same scenario is Saratoga Honda.  They are a bit north ... but very competitive and the same marketplace / same customer demographics.  Clifton Park has a lot of buyers - nearer to Saratoga ...but no dealership is there. Now our area is big enough and Honda is a big enough brand, that I am just talking about HONDA in the "Greater Capital District" as an example, but, you could do the same thing with Nissan, or Toyota, or Ford, or GMC ....etc.

So, I am being 'specific' with my example, but it applies more generally.  Now in your reply it seems you may have thought I was talking about USED car dealerships.  Yes, in any area this size they are a dime a dozen and we don't represent too many used car dealerships.  We are too pricey and they don't have the budgets for us.  So, even though we are not, as a place of business, rooftop, address representing a client with the best advantage point, we are 'good enough' that we can rank our client ... not IN the Albany or Schenectady or Troy location, but, in the Local Pac 2 or 3 in any of those areas ... cuz ...we're good.

Good discussion ... but gotta run now.  The first night of Chanukah, my wife is Jewish ... shalom.

We are a digital marketing agency

Our clients are (virtually all) retail automotive dealerships.

We compete in various market places coast to coast (USA).

Since Google puts retail automotive dealerships under Local SEO umbrella, is it known ( published ) how large is the radius around my client's Google My Business rooftop's address? How wide is their search 'reach' according to Google?

Asked another way, in a triangular, three SEO geo area, with one city being at the epicenter of the population dispersion, and my client, versus my client's competitors being different distances from where the majority of the population emanates from, all other SERP factors being equal (assumption) between the two competitors, how far is each clients REACH from a Local Search standpoint.

Is this known? Published by Google.

ONE example: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/BMW+of+South+Albany,+U.S.+9W,+Glenmont,+NY/42.7662693,-73.8138088/@42.6727121,-73.7993527,12z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x89dde0fe8829c405:0xd915fb9b3b60bf33!2m2!1d-73.7973301!2d42.589211!1m0!3e0