Should the canonical tag for the redirected pages be changed
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Hi!
Does anyone know if the canonical tag of the old redirected page should be changed, and include the URL of the new destination?
Thanks in advance.
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Thank you so much, Andreas!
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If you redirect the page, there is no canonical on that page anymore. The page simply doesn't exist anymore. Make sure the redirect-target is a self-canonical page, thats all.
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