How do i solve?
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Probably that both keywords have the same meaning / intent and they cannibalize on each other.
For example, keywords like "where to buy [whatever]" / "where can I purchase [whatever]" have the same meaning / intent (buying the [whatever]), despite of using different words. In such cases, if you create 2 different pages on your site, with each page being optimized for its corresponding keyword then one of your pages cannibalizes on the rankability of the other page, which leads to google not knowing which page to rank, so they're probably ranking the page that is either...
a) better optimized for its corresponding page (in your case that'd be page 1 being better optimized for keyword 1 than page 2 being optimized for keyword 2)
b) more relevant to its specific keyword (if both keywords have the same intent this scenario is probably the least possible, but it's a possibility still, which is why I mention it)
c) less competitive (many times, 2 keywords with identical meaning can have different difficulty scores, so it's possible that in your case keyword 2 is harder to rank than keyword 1, all things being equal, so google chooses to rank page 1 for both keywords because they both have the same meaning)
So, if both of your keywords have the same meaning just keep one of the pages (preferably the one that already ranks, which is page 1 in your example), and delete the other page and be glad that you're ranking for both keywords (just make sure that you remove the internal link in this case since it will point to an invalid URL and that's bad)
If the 2 keywords have different meanings / intents, though... well, that's pretty weird and I have no answer to your issue, unfortunately.
For example, keywords like "where to buy [whatever]" / "where can I purchase [whatever]" have the same meaning / intent (buying the [whatever]), despite of using different words. In such cases, if you create 2 different pages on your site, with each page being optimized for its corresponding keyword then one of your pages cannibalizes on the rankability of the other page, which leads to google not knowing which page to rank, so they're probably ranking the page that is either...
a) better optimized for its corresponding page (in your case that'd be page 1 being better optimized for keyword 1 than page 2 being optimized for keyword 2)
b) more relevant to its specific keyword (if both keywords have the same intent this scenario is probably the least possible, but it's a possibility still, which is why I mention it)
c) less competitive (many times, 2 keywords with identical meaning can have different difficulty scores, so it's possible that in your case keyword 2 is harder to rank than keyword 1, all things being equal, so google chooses to rank page 1 for both keywords because they both have the same meaning)
So, if both of your keywords have the same meaning just keep one of the pages (preferably the one that already ranks, which is page 1 in your example), and delete the other page and be glad that you're ranking for both keywords (just make sure that you remove the internal link in this case since it will point to an invalid URL and that's bad)
If the 2 keywords have different meanings / intents, though... well, that's pretty weird and I have no answer to your issue, unfortunately.
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I think this method good..
Black Belt Spodermen
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You better merge both the posts into the first one which is getting traffic.
Jabbz18
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as @tazarbm said, id just keep the page1 as is and optimize the article, as for the second page try and see if you can relate the article to anything else or a different intent. You could be able to create a power blog not with the same intent but related to keyword1 (one of the keywords focuses) and then internally link to it.
e.g. if article1 is ranking for the keyword "the best [product] in [location]" you could reshape page2 towards the [product] or [location] and naturally link to it. Then when building links to page2 the juice will be passed down.
This only works though if the two pages are not exactly the same intent (you'll be able to tell by the secondary keywords of each page). If they are just delete the page and take it as a learning curve.
e.g. if article1 is ranking for the keyword "the best [product] in [location]" you could reshape page2 towards the [product] or [location] and naturally link to it. Then when building links to page2 the juice will be passed down.
This only works though if the two pages are not exactly the same intent (you'll be able to tell by the secondary keywords of each page). If they are just delete the page and take it as a learning curve.
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good.