Redirects are invisible to visitors but critical to SEO: every hop in a chain dilutes link equity slightly, adds latency, and is another place things can break. Our Redirect Checker traces any URL hop by hop — up to 10 — showing you each intermediate address and its status code, ending at the final destination.
This is essential after site migrations, domain changes, or URL restructuring, when a single mistyped redirect rule can send visitors (and search crawlers) into loops or dead ends. Affiliate marketers use it to verify where shortened or cloaked links actually land; SEOs use it to audit that old URLs resolve cleanly to their intended targets with single 301 hops.
Long chains — three or more hops — are worth flattening to a single redirect wherever possible, both for speed and for preserving ranking signals. The checker makes chains visible in seconds, with no signup and no limits on fair use. Paste, trace, fix.
Redirect Checker
Follow a URL through every redirect hop and see each status code.
How to use
- Paste the URL you want to trace.
- Click “Trace Redirects”.
- Review each hop: URL plus status code.
- Confirm the chain ends at the intended destination with a 200.
- Shorten any long chains in your server or CMS redirect rules.
FAQs
How many redirects are too many?
Aim for one hop. Two is acceptable; three or more adds noticeable delay and weakens the SEO value passed along. Google also stops following after a handful of hops.
What is the difference between 301 and 302?
A 301 is permanent — search engines transfer ranking signals to the new URL. A 302 is temporary and keeps signals on the old URL. Use 301 for permanent moves.
The chain ends at a 404. What now?
Your final redirect target does not exist. Update the last redirect rule to point at a live page, or restore the missing content.