In sitemap there was page a.html which has some PageRank. Now a.html is redirecting to b.html using 301 and sitemap has b.html entry, a.html is removed.

Queries are:

1. As a.html is not is sitemap then how search engines understand 301 redirection of a.html to b.html and add PageRank of a.html tob.html
2. Will search engines still crawl a.html? How much longer?
3. Is it necessary for the sitemap to have both entries: a.html and b.html for some time so search engines resolve query 1 as mentioned above?

In sitemap there was page a.html which has some PageRank. Now a.html is redirecting to b.html using 301 and sitemap has b.html entry, a.html is removed.

Queries are:

1. As a.html is not in sitemap then how search engines understand 301 redirection of a.html to b.html and add PageRank of a.html tob.html?
2. Will search engines still crawl a.html? How much longer?
3. Is it necessary for the sitemap to have both entries: a.html and b.html for some time so search engines resolve query 1 as mentioned above?

In sitemap there was page a.html which has some pagerank. Now a.html is redirecting to b.html using 301 and sitemap has b.html entry, a.html is removed.

Queries are:

1. As a.html is not is sitemap then How search engine understand 301 redirection of a.html to b.html and add PageRank of a.html tob.html
2. Will search engine still crawl a.html? How much longer?
3. Is it necessary for the sitemap to have both entries: a.html and b.html for some time so search engines resolve query 1 as mentioned above?

In sitemap there was page a.html which has some PageRank. Now a.html is redirecting to b.html using 301 and sitemap has b.html entry, a.html is removed.

Queries are:

1. As a.html is not is sitemap then how search engines understand 301 redirection of a.html to b.html and add PageRank of a.html tob.html
2. Will search engines still crawl a.html? How much longer?
3. Is it necessary for the sitemap to have both entries: a.html and b.html for some time so search engines resolve query 1 as mentioned above?

In sitemap there was page a.html which has some pagerank. Now a.html is redirecting to b.html using 301 and sitemap has b.html entry, a.html` is removed.

Queries are:

1. As a.html is not is sitemap then How search engine understand 301 redirection of a.html to b.html and add pagerank of a.html tob.html
2. Will search engine still scroll 'a.html` and How much longer?
3. Is it necessary, sitemap have both entry a.html and b.html for sometime so search engine resolve query 1 as mentioned above?

In sitemap there was page a.html which has some pagerank. Now a.html is redirecting to b.html using 301 and sitemap has b.html entry, a.html is removed.

Queries are:

1. As a.html is not is sitemap then How search engine understand 301 redirection of a.html to b.html and add PageRank of a.html tob.html
2. Will search engine still crawl a.html? How much longer?
3. Is it necessary for the sitemap to have both entries: a.html and b.html for some time so search engines resolve query 1 as mentioned above?