Keep one primary page for each material intent. When two pages answer substantially the same question for the same audience, choose the stronger canonical, merge unique evidence into it, update internal links and sitemaps, and permanently redirect the retired URL only after the replacement is verified. Do not use robots.txt or noindex as a substitute for canonical consolidation.
Operating principles
Intent before keywords
Two pages are consolidation candidates when they solve the same material user task, not merely because they share vocabulary.
Preserve unique evidence
Before merging, retain unique first-party evidence, useful examples, source attribution and external citations from both pages.
Align canonical signals
Internal links, self-referential canonical tags, sitemap membership and redirects should point consistently to the selected canonical URL.
Measure before deletion
Use crawl, search and referral evidence to identify candidates. The audit reports candidates; they do not delete or redirect pages automatically.
Content lifecycle
Canonical
Primary indexable source for a material intent or fact class.
Supporting
Distinct page that deepens the canonical topic and links back clearly.
Consolidation candidate
Potentially duplicative or competing page requiring editorial review before action.
Deprecated
Superseded page whose unique value has been preserved elsewhere and which is ready for a permanent redirect.
Explicit non-claims
This is a Cybatar first-party knowledge-governance policy. It describes how Cybatar organises, cites and maintains its public information; it is not a search-engine ranking guarantee or an instruction to third-party AI systems.