Different pages with same keyword phrase.

[WillWatrous]

I have my home page and an interior page targeting the same keyword phrase. Is this ok or would they be competing with each other?

[Thommas]

They will be competing with each other.

[EGOL]

They will both compete against your enemies.

Let's say you can get one of them to position #2 and the other to position #10.  If you can do that you will be rewarded with positions #2 AND #3 - which is kickass for pushing your competitors down the page.

A lot of people believe that having two or three pages optimized for same keywords is a huge sin of keyword cannibalization.  I believe that it is an opportunity to really dominate your SERPs.

If you really want to do damage to your competitor's sales get #1, #2 and #3 above him simply for the price of earning #1, #9 and #10.

[WillWatrous]

Thanks so much. Just want to clarify- are you saying that Google will group our positions together, if for example, we had positions #2 & #10,  they would automatically be placed as #2 & #3?

Thanks!

[EGOL]

Yes.  You understand it correctly.

For an example search Google.com for "tempered windshield glass"

You might see wisegeek with two listings at #2 and #3