Will Google recognize a canonical to a re-directed URL works?

[nicole.healthline]

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?

[The_Sage]

Yes. 301 simply means "Hey Search Engine, this page has moved to here." It'll pick up the change.

[DennisSeymour]

Yeah, google will see the 301 and follow it. Just patiently wait for them to update on their end.

[MoosaHemani]

I agree with Sage!

[Sheena_Schleicher]

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.