Free Redirect Checker
Enter an address and see every redirect between it and the page that loads: the status of each hop, how long it took, and anything that costs you visitors or rankings.
- Every hop with its status code
- Chains, loops and temporary redirects flagged
- Free, no signup
Redirect Status Codes Explained
What each status in the chain means, and which ones search engines treat as a permanent move.
- 301 Moved Permanently
- The page has moved for good. Search engines move rankings to the new address. The standard choice for a changed URL. Google: redirects and Google Search
- 308 Permanent Redirect
- Permanent like a 301, and the browser keeps the request method. Google treats it the same as a 301.
- 302 Found and 307 Temporary Redirect
- The move is temporary, so search engines may keep the old address in results. Right for short promotions and maintenance, wrong for a permanent move.
- Redirect chain
- Several redirects in a row. Google follows up to 10 hops, but every hop slows the visit, so point the first address straight at the last. Google: how HTTP status codes affect crawling
- Redirect loop
- The redirects lead back to an address already visited. Browsers stop with an error and the page cannot be indexed.
- 404 and 410
- Not found and gone. A redirect that ends on one of these sends visitors to an error page; redirect to the closest live page instead.
How to Fix Redirect Problems
The fixes that matter most, in the order we would make them.
Break loops first
A loop makes the page unreachable. Find the rule that points back at an earlier address, often a conflict between your server, CDN and CMS settings, and remove it.
Collapse chains into one hop
Change the first redirect to point straight at the final page. Common chains are http to https to www to a trailing slash; one rule can do all of it.
Use 301 or 308 for permanent moves
If the old address is never coming back, make the redirect permanent so search engines move rankings to the new one.
Update your own links
Internal links, menus and sitemaps should point at final addresses, so visitors and crawlers never hit a redirect on your own site.
Send dead pages somewhere useful
Redirect removed pages to the closest live page, not to the homepage, and let pages with no replacement return 404 or 410.
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