Is a 301 Direct with a canonical tag Possible ?

[SarahCollins]

Hi All,

Quick question ,  Are we correct in thinking that for any given URL it's not possible to do a 301 redirect AND a canonical tag?

thanks

Sarah

[AZWebWorks]

Hi Sarah,

If you mean putting a rel canonical tag on a page that you are going to (or are) 301 redirecting to another page...then it doesn't matter at that point as the 301 redirect happens at the server level and will redirect the bot to the new page before the old page (and rel canonical tag is read).

Hope this helps!

Cheers!