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    • dealblogger
      dealblogger last edited by

      I am doing well with a category page and I just ran a report card and am having issues with self-cannibalizing. I have a signature at the bottom of each blog post that links to this category page because it is my MAIN category. So I changed the anchor text so it didn't have the exact same keyword but underneath each post, it shows all the categories that post belongs to. Usually it is at least 2. So should I change the name of the category page and then have the SEO title be for the keyword I am ranking well with? Or should I just self-cannibalize? Or should I not have all the categories show underneath each post? I was thinking that would help lower my bounce rate since it would lead them to another page that interests them.

      Edit: To be clear, all these links are linking to that very category page. So linking back to itself. They are not linking to a different page with the target keyword.

      Also I am worried about reducing internal linking power if the anchor text is not the keyword I am trying to rank with?

      Help appreciated!

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