Rel Canonical Question

[WillWatrous]

I changed /tulsa-cleaning-services/ to /services/ because the URLs were getting too long. Now I'm getting an error for Appropriate use of Rel Canonical.

I used a 301 to send old links to the new location.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Will

www.americancarpetclean.com

[JoshPugh]

Hi Will,

Is the site we're talking about AmericanCarpetClean.com? Because when I go to http://americancarpetclean.com/tulsa-cleaning-services I am getting a page not found?

If you can show me the page that we're talking about, we should be able to help you out!

Thanks

P.S. Where are you getting the error for inappropriate use of Canonical?

[donford]

Your canonical should be like (add www if appropriate to the below code)

Your redirect via htaccess should be like

Redirect 301 /tulsa-cleaning-services/ http://THEDOMAIN.com/services/

As far as the old page goes, if you 301 redirect it, then there is no need for a canonical tag if it still exist.

[Vahe.Arabian]

By using the 301 redirect, you have negated the effect of the cannonical tag. You should only user the cannonical tag when you have difficulties using the 301 redirect.

That's why you are getting an error. Best to only stick with the 301.

Hope this helps,

Vahe