Free Tools/Redirect Checker

Technical SEO

Redirect Checker

Check the full redirect chain for any URL. Identify redirect loops, unnecessary hops, and whether your 301s and 302s preserve link equity correctly.

Why use our Redirect Checker

See the full redirect chain instantly

Enter a URL and trace every hop in seconds, no manual curl commands or browser dev tools needed.

Free redirect checker, no signup

Check redirect chains and status codes online with no account required.

Catches redirect loops before Google does

Flags loops and unnecessary hops that stop Googlebot from crawling a URL, issues that silently kill indexing.

Confirms link equity is preserved

Verifies whether a redirect chain is short and clean, or long and equity-diluting, after a migration.

Real Redirect Checker example: before vs. after

Checking an old product URL after a site migration, before and after cleaning up the redirect chain.

Before · Redirect chain found

/old-product → /product-v2 (301)
/product-v2 → /product-final (301)
/product-final → 200 OK

A 2-hop redirect chain dilutes link equity and adds unnecessary latency for every visitor and crawler.

After · Chain flattened

/old-product → /product-final (301)
/product-final → 200 OK

Pointing the original redirect straight to the final URL preserves more link equity and loads faster.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a redirect chain?

A redirect chain happens when URL A redirects to URL B, which redirects to URL C. Each extra hop dilutes link equity and slows page load time, both for users and for Googlebot's crawl budget.

301 vs 302 redirect, which should I use?

301 (permanent) passes most link equity to the new URL, use it for pages that have permanently moved. 302 (temporary) passes less equity, and should only be used for genuinely short-term redirects.

How many redirects in a chain is too many?

Any chain longer than one hop is worth fixing. A → B is fine. A → B → C needs attention. A → B → C → D is a real technical SEO issue that can stop Googlebot from following it at all.

What is a redirect loop and why is it bad?

A redirect loop happens when a URL eventually redirects back to itself (A → B → A). Browsers and crawlers give up after a few attempts, meaning the page becomes completely inaccessible.

Does a 301 redirect pass 100% of my link equity?

Google says 301 redirects pass close to full ranking value, but many SEOs observe a small loss in practice. A single clean redirect is always better than a multi-hop chain.

Migrating a site? Also check your canonical tags and validate your XML sitemap to make sure Google can find your new URLs.

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