When we have 301 page is a Rel=Canonical needed or should we make 1 Noindex?

[mtthompsons]

Hi,

When we have a page as 301 (Permanent Redirect) is a Rel=Canonical needed or should we make 1 Noindex?

Example

http://www.Somename.com/blog/138760

when clicked goes to

http://www.Somename.com/blogs/whenittyam

Should i noindex the below pages

http://www.Somename.com/blog/138760

and add Rel=Canonical

Thanks

[CleverPhD]

If you have a 301, you use the 301, done, mission accomplished.  Google should drop the original page and start to use the new page in its place in the SERPs.  This is also automatic for the user as they are moved from one page to the other.  One thing, you want to make sure that the page that you are sending people to is semantically related to the page that they were sent from, otherwise you risk losing rank in the SERPs.

If you use the 301, there is no original "page" that you can put the canonical or a noindex.

If you could not 301, you would want to only use the canonical.  Google usually will treat a canonical like a 301.

If you use a canonical, you should not have to use the noindex.