What happens with the old URL if I rename a question?

Question

If the question has already been indexed by the search engines, and I rename the question, will there be a redirect from the old url to the new url?

Answer 1

not a redirect but a canonical meta tag, see source code of the "old" URL.

here is a related discussion: http://www.question2answer.org/qa/8666/when-editing-question-url-permalink-change-too2

and here more stuff: http://www.question2answer.org/qa/search?q=canonical+url+rename

Comments

Thanks for your help echteinfachtv (Kai).