Redirect Tracer (301 / 302 chains)
Follow the full redirect chain of any URL and verify each hop's status code, order, and destination.
About This Tool & Technical Logic
Redirects move requests between URLs with status codes: 301 (permanent, SEO value transfers), 302/307 (temporary), and 308 (permanent, method preserved). Chains — redirect loops or hops through 4+ URLs — waste crawl budget and page speed.
The tracer resolves the URL through a relay that reports the final landing destination and compares it with the original. Best practice: at most one hop between any old URL and its final home.
Relayed fetch with redirect following; original vs final URL compared and hop count reported.
How to Use — Step by Step
- 1
Paste the source URL
The old link, the http:// version, or a short URL you want to audit.
- 2
Read the verdict
Direct match = clean; one hop = fine; multiple hops = flatten by pointing the first link at the final target.
- 3
Prefer 301 for permanent moves
302s tell search engines the move is temporary, so ranking signals stay on the old URL — use 301 for anything you don't intend to reverse.
Frequently Asked Questions
Browsers stop after ~20 hops; crawlers give up sooner. Keep chains at 1–2 hops maximum — every hop adds latency and dilutes signals.