Coordinate SEO Across Every Domain in Your Portfolio

When your organization operates multiple websites, those properties either work together or compete against each other in search results. Multi-site SEO strategy ensures they work together.

27.6%

of all clicks go to the #1 result in Google -- when your own domains split authority for the same keyword, neither reaches position 1 and you lose the majority of available traffic

Backlinko, 2023

Multi-Site SEO Strategy

Coordinated SEO strategy across multiple brand websites, domains, and digital properties that eliminates keyword cannibalization, maximizes total organic coverage, and turns your portfolio into a competitive advantage.

What's Included

Everything you get with our Multi-Site SEO Strategy

Portfolio Keyword Mapping

Complete mapping of keyword targeting across all domains in your portfolio: where properties overlap, where gaps exist, and which domain is best positioned to own each keyword cluster

Cross-Domain Architecture

Technical implementation of cross-domain canonical signals, hreflang where applicable, and internal linking structures that direct authority to the correct property for each keyword set

Ongoing Conflict Monitoring

Automated monitoring for new cannibalization conflicts as teams across your organization publish content, with alerts and resolution recommendations before new conflicts suppress rankings

Our Multi-Site SEO Strategy Process

1

Portfolio Audit

We inventory every domain, subdomain, and digital property in your portfolio. We analyze the current keyword targeting, ranking positions, and traffic for each property to build a complete picture of how your domains interact in search results.

2

Cannibalization Analysis

We identify every keyword where two or more of your properties appear in search results, quantify the ranking suppression caused by the conflict, and determine which property should own each keyword based on domain authority, content relevance, and business priority.

3

Keyword Ownership Assignment

We create a keyword ownership map that assigns every target keyword to a specific domain. Properties that lose keyword assignments receive new targeting opportunities to replace them, ensuring no domain loses overall traffic.

4

Implementation and Monitoring

We implement cross-domain canonical signals, adjust internal linking, and update content targeting. Ongoing monitoring detects new conflicts as they emerge, with automated alerts and resolution recommendations delivered to the responsible team.

Key Benefits

Eliminate cannibalization that suppresses rankings across your entire portfolio

When two of your domains compete for the same keyword, both rank lower than either would alone. Our keyword ownership mapping resolves every conflict, consolidating authority onto the strongest property and freeing the other to target different opportunities. The result is higher rankings across more keywords for the portfolio as a whole.

Maximize total organic coverage by assigning keywords to the right properties

Most multi-site portfolios have significant keyword gaps -- searches where no property in the portfolio ranks despite having the authority and relevance to do so. Our strategy identifies these gaps and assigns them to the property best positioned to capture them, expanding your total organic footprint without launching new sites.

Prevent future conflicts with governance and monitoring

Resolving current cannibalization is only half the solution. Without ongoing governance, new content published across your organization creates new conflicts every month. Our monitoring systems detect new overlaps before they suppress rankings, and our governance frameworks prevent them from occurring in the first place.

Research & Evidence

Backed by industry research and proven results

Content Traffic Distribution

90.63% of content gets no traffic from Google -- multi-site portfolios multiply this problem when duplicate targeting across domains causes Google to devalue pages on both properties

Ahrefs (2023)

Organic Investment Returns

Organic SEO delivers 5.66x more results than paid ads -- coordinated multi-site strategy compounds this advantage because each domain reinforces the others rather than competing

Search Engine Journal (2022)

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you determine which domain should own each keyword?

Three factors: domain authority (which property has the strongest backlink profile for that topic), content relevance (which property has the most relevant content ecosystem around that keyword), and business priority (which property is the intended conversion point for users searching that term). When factors conflict, business priority takes precedence.

Will resolving cannibalization cause any domain to lose traffic?

Temporarily, some properties may see reduced traffic for keywords reassigned to other domains. But the portfolio as a whole gains because consolidated authority produces higher rankings. We manage the transition to minimize disruption and always provide replacement keyword opportunities for properties that lose assignments.

How do you handle acquired companies with established SEO?

Acquisitions are one of the most common sources of multi-site cannibalization. We assess the acquired domain's organic equity, identify conflicts with existing properties, and recommend either integration (redirecting to the parent domain), differentiation (adjusting targeting to eliminate overlap), or maintenance (keeping the domain separate with coordinated targeting).

What if different teams within our organization resist keyword reassignment?

This is common in enterprise environments. We provide data showing the net portfolio impact of cannibalization -- specifically, how much total organic traffic and revenue the organization loses when domains compete. This business-case approach typically resolves objections because the data shows that coordination benefits everyone.

Stop Your Domains From Competing Against Each Other

Get a portfolio cannibalization analysis that quantifies the organic traffic your organization loses when domains target the same keywords.