Look please at this setup:
- There is a main vendor on the main domain,
https://example.com
. - There are different (many) affiliates, having own subdomains,
sub1.example.com
,sub2.example.com
, - Affiliate subdomains are redirected with 302! to their according subfolders,
https://example.com/sub1/
,https://example.com/sub2/
, - Subfolders are canonicalized to the main vendor site, like
https://example.com/sub1/
hasrel="canonical" href="https://example.com/"
.
Will Google display only the main vendor page, https://example.com
, in search results? Or will Google still display subdomains, because of 302?
PS: the cause of this setup is related to the internal vendor's politics of relation with affiliates and vice versa. If you want, I would explain it, but it would make a long thread.