Canonical and 301

[jj3434]

Hi

We have recently restructured our site and 301 redirected some pages. Unfortunately the new page which we 301 to, still had the canonical tags pointing to the old pages. Would this cause google not to index the new pages....?????

[Travis-W]

It certainly doesn't help.
You should remove the canonical tag.  All it will do is confuse Google.

[Aggie]

I would definitely start by removing the canonical tag.  Essentially, you're telling Google that your page is not the preferred version of the page, and that the preferred version doesn't exist.

[TommyTan]

Hi Jason,

What you have right now is a continous loop.  With the canonical tag you are telling Google that the old page is the preferred page you want to show; however, then you have 301 redirecting to the new site.  It will only confuse the Google bot and won't help you website at all.

Solution: Remove Canonical Tags from the new pages.