"I have noticed numerous pages with redirects in Google Search Console. I have specified the correct canonical URLs for these pages and do not want Google to recrawl them and use up the crawl budget. These redirects are only for guest users on my platform, so I do not require them to be crawled or indexed. Any advice on this issue would be highly appreciated!"
You can use the rel="nofollow" tag in the <link> element of the redirected page. This will signal to Google that you don’t want them to follow the link and crawl the destination page. While Google might not follow the link all the time, especially when it’s a 301 redirect, it’s still worth implementing this tag for greater control.
Alternatively, you can use the robots.txt file to block the 301 redirected pages. While this method is less precise than the rel="nofollow" tag, it can be effective for blocking access to a wider range of pages, especially if you’re dealing with a large number of redirects.
Finally, if you’re concerned about Google using up its crawl budget on redirected pages, consider using the X-Robots-Tag header. This header allows you to provide specific instructions to Google on how to treat the page, including instructing it not to crawl or index the page. You can implement this using your web server configuration.
Remember that implementing these solutions might not completely stop Google from crawling the redirected pages, as Google’s algorithms are constantly evolving and updating. However, by using these techniques, you can significantly reduce the chances of Google crawling and indexing redirected pages that you don’t want it to.