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Website Redirect Checker

Redirect Chain

Redirect chain analysis

Enter a website URL to analyze its redirect chain and detect potential issues.

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Tool features

Comprehensive redirect analysis and performance monitoring
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Redirect Chain Analysis

Follow and analyze complete redirect chains with detailed information

Security Insights

Detect redirect loops, suspicious redirects, and security issues

Performance Metrics

Monitor redirect response times and performance impact

Export Results

Download redirect chain data as CSV or copy to clipboard

What is a redirect chain & how it works

Tracing every hop from one URL to the final page

A redirect chain is the sequence of hops a browser follows when one URL points to another before finally landing on a page. A single 301 from HTTP to HTTPS is healthy; a chain of three or four redirects adds a network round trip at each step, slowing the page and diluting the SEO value passed to the final destination.

This checker follows every redirect from the URL you enter and lays out the full chain: each status code, the target it points to, and where the trail ends. It highlights the problems that hurt users and rankings — long chains, redirect loops, mixing temporary and permanent codes, and hops that silently downgrade HTTPS to HTTP.

301 vs 302
301 is a permanent redirect that passes ranking to the target; 302 is temporary and keeps ranking on the original URL.
Redirect loop
A chain that points back to a URL already in the path, so the browser never resolves and shows an error.
Redirect chain
Multiple sequential redirects. Each hop costs a round trip — flatten to a single redirect to the final URL.

How to use this tool

Analyze a URL's redirect chain in four steps
1
Enter a website URL
Type the starting URL you want to trace, for example http://example.com.
2
Check the redirects
We follow every hop and record the status code and target at each step.
3
Review the chain
See the full path from the original URL to the final destination, with issues flagged.
4
Flatten and fix
Collapse long chains to a single 301, remove loops, and make sure HTTPS is never downgraded.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about redirects
5 Q&A

Each redirect adds latency and can leak a little of the link equity passed to the final page. Search engines prefer a single, direct 301, so long chains can weaken rankings and slow crawling.

A 301 is permanent — search engines transfer ranking signals to the new URL. A 302 is temporary — the original URL keeps its ranking. Using a 302 for a permanent move is a common, costly mistake.

It's when redirects point back to a URL already in the chain, so the browser cycles endlessly and shows a 'too many redirects' error. The tool detects loops so you can break the cycle.

Ideally zero or one. Two is tolerable; three or more meaningfully hurts performance and should be flattened to a single redirect straight to the final destination.

Yes. If a hop in the chain sends users from an HTTPS URL back to HTTP, the tool surfaces it — an important security and mixed-content issue to fix.