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Follow the whole redirect chain.
Trace every hop a URL takes, with the status code at each step. Catch redirect chains, loops, temporary redirects that should be permanent, and dead destinations.
- Every hop shown separately, not collapsed into a destination
- Flags chains, loops, and temporary redirects that should be permanent
- Catches a destination that ends in an error
Free, no signup, no rate limit. Nothing you check is stored.
Questions about this tool
- What is the difference between a 301 and a 302?
- 301 and 308 are permanent: engines update their index and pass ranking signals to the destination. 302, 303 and 307 are temporary: the original URL stays indexed and the destination may not inherit those signals. Using 302 for a permanent move is a common and costly mistake.
- Why do redirect chains matter?
- Each hop costs latency for the visitor and a little of the signal being passed. Crawlers also stop following after a handful. Point the first URL straight at the final destination rather than through two or three intermediates.
- How many redirects is too many?
- More than two is worth fixing. Search engines typically stop following somewhere around five, and every hop is an extra round trip on a slow connection.
- Does this follow redirects to other domains?
- Yes, as long as each destination is a public address. Hops that resolve to private or internal addresses are reported and not followed — a public URL redirecting into internal address space is exactly the attack this refuses.
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