URL Change, Old URLs Still In Index

[ShawnW]

Recently changed URLs on a website to remove dynamic parameters. We 301'd the old dynamic links (canonical version) to the cleaner parameter-free URLs. We then updated the canonical tags to reflect these changes. All pages dropped at least a few ranking positions and now Moz shows both the new page ranking slightly lower in results pages and the old page still in the index. I feel like I'm splitting value between the two page versions until the old one disappears... is there a way to consolidate this quickly?

[Alick300]

Hi Shawn,

It can take months for Google to start deindexing old URLs.There are several post on this issue I'm sharing two post that will help you to resolve your issue.

http://moz.com/community/q/my-old-url-s-are-still-indexing-when-i-have-redirected-all-of-them-why-is-this-happening

http://moz.com/community/q/proper-301-in-place-but-old-site-still-indexed-in-google

Thanks

[ShawnW]

Thank you!