What is Keyword cannibalization?

[digitalmarketin]

Keyword cannibalization occurs when you have too many identical or similar keywords spread throughout the content on your website. As a result, a search engine like Google can't discern which content to rank higher. This means that sometimes it will give a higher ranking to the web page you don't mean to prioritize.

[brantelyolivia1]

Keyword Cannibalization refers to the situation when multiple pages on a website target the same keywords and compete against each other which results site's bad organic performance.

[hattmc420]

It looks like SEOor website owner had no idea why he or she created these pages. But if you're ranking for two pages for the same keyword, you should be happy. Because many people want to be ranking in top-10 for one page at least.

[Olivia Simmons]

A site with two or more pages targeting the same keyword that appears for an identical search is referred to as keyword cannibalization. And as a result, it becomes difficult to rank.

[ArielSchwatrz]

I'm not an expert, but my BF is. He told me that it's when you use the same semantic core for two or more articles on your site and they are starting to compete with each other.

[poulsenar]

Occurs when you have too many identical or similar keywords spread throughout the content on your website. As a result, a search engine like Google can't discern which content to rank higher.

[JonyGurt]

Keyword cannibalization occurs when you have multiple pages on your website that are targeting the same keywords. This can cause a number of problems:
Your pages may compete with each other for rankings, which can make it difficult for any of them to rank well.
Your pages may duplicate content, which can lead to a negative user experience and can also hurt your rankings.
Your pages may be penalized by search engines, which can further damage your rankings.

[cardimaccarti]

Hey. I'm new to the forum, so I thought I'd look in the newbies category. Thanks for that explanation by the way.

Am I understanding it correctly, keyword cannibalization is when you've got way too many similar keywords all over your website? As I got, it confuses Google, and it might rank a page you didn't want on top, yea?