Will Google recognize a canonical to a re-directed URL works?
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A third party canonicalizes to our content, and we've recently needed to re-direct that content to a new URL. The third party is going to take some time updating their canonicals, and I am wondering if search engines will still recognize the canonical even though there is a re-direct in place?
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I would update the canonical tag on your end to reflect that Page A (that's being redirected to Page B) is no longer the canonical/preferred URL. Add rel="canonical" href="http://domain.com/page-b" to the old & the new page.
I would also send the new tag to the 3rd party with something like 'Hi there- I know you're all super busy, so we thought sharing the new canonical tag with you might help get things updated more quickly' - or something to that effect.
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I agree with Sage!
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Yeah, google will see the 301 and follow it. Just patiently wait for them to update on their end.
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Yes. 301 simply means "Hey Search Engine, this page has moved to here." It'll pick up the change.
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