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Redirect checker
Put in a URL and the tool follows it through every redirect, showing the status code, where it went, and how long each step took.
Fetched live, exactly as a crawler receives it.
How many redirects is too many
One redirect to the final URL is fine. Each extra hop adds another round trip for every visitor and crawler. Google will follow up to ten hops before giving up, and people give up sooner than that.
Which status code to use
| Code | Meaning | Use |
|---|---|---|
301 | Permanent | The default for moved content. Passes signals. |
302 | Temporary | Only when the move genuinely is temporary. Long-lived 302s are treated as 301s eventually, but why wait. |
307/308 | Method-preserving | API and form endpoints. 308 is the permanent one. |
meta refresh | HTML-level | Slowest option and a soft signal. Avoid for SEO moves. |
The common problem is a stack like http → https → www → trailing slash, which is three redirects doing the job of one.