Backlinking from a Canonical Page to the Non-Canonical Doman - Wrong Signals?

[Travis-W]

Hi Mozzers,

Let's say you have www.mysite.com/page, which is a duplicate of www.yoursite.com/page.

www.yousite.com/page has a rel canonical link identifying www.mysite.com/page as the original source.

www.mysite.com/page has a followed backlink going towards www.yousite.com/home-page.

mysite.com has a DA of 44
yoursite.com has a DA of 33

Google has chosen to index www.yoursite.com/page instead of www.mysite.com/page.

Is the followed backlink responsible for the wrong page being indexed?

Thanks!

[EvolveCreative]

Hmm,

Well first off a 301 is preferred over a canonical when dealing with cross domains. Source:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI6L2N4A0hA

I doubt 1 backlink is the cause of this. I think maybe you have the canonical set-up incorrectly? I'd go the 301 route and see what happens.