Redirect Checker

After entering your URL, you will be presented with a redirect path of the URL you entered. If your page has no redirects and functions properly, you should see an HTTP status code of 200 next to the URL and no further path.

Sometimes redirects need to be used for content that gets moved or deleted. In these cases, the most commonly used redirects are permanent redirects (also known as a 301 redirect) or a temporary redirect (also known as a 302 redirect). The numbers in front of the redirect or URL refer to the HTTP status code of the URL.

The different types of redirects include:

• 301, which means the redirect is permanent
• 302, which means the redirect is temporary

While there are additional redirect types, the above are the most common.

Yes, redirects pass link equity. That’s why it’s recommended to use redirects when moving to a new website domain, consolidating pages, or merging domains.

Yes, redirect mistakes can affect search visibility. One of the most common mistakes when migrating a site to a new domain is failing to set up redirects, which causes a business to lose its past visibility.

Redirecting LLM-generated 404s is a smart tactic if those broken URLs are receiving multiple visits. In some instances, LLMs like ChatGPT hallucinate links, and when users click those links, they hit a 404 error.

If you monitor your LLM referral traffic and test the HTTP status codes of these URLs and notice repeated traffic to a hallucinated URL, redirect it to the most relevant page on your site.

Redirecting broken or deleted pages to your homepage is not recommended. Google treats mass-homepage redirects as soft 404s, which means Google recognizes that your homepage doesn’t match the intent of the original URL.

As a result, Google ignores the redirect, refuses to pass link equity, and drops the original page from its index anyway — which makes your redirect null and void.

No, redirects are not bad for search engine optimization. In fact, redirects are good for SEO because they allow webmasters to pass a redirected page’s past authority and history to another page.

Redirect chains affect Core Web Vitals by making the browser issue multiple HTTP requests before reaching the final page. Each redirect adds delays that slow your Time to First Byte (TTFB) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP).

Yes. Internal links should point to the final destination URL (vs. the redirect). While a 301 redirect sends users and bots to the correct page, leaving your internal links pointing to redirects creates unnecessary server strain and crawl delays.

Redirects impact crawl budget by forcing search engine crawlers to spend time and resources processing extra HTTP requests instead of indexing your actual content pages. Each redirect consumes budget that could be spent discovering and crawling pages that actually matter to your business.

Monitor redirects automatically through:

• Scheduled Screaming Frog crawls
• Scheduled Ahrefs audits
• Scheduled AI-led audits, like through Claude

Integrate these into your company’s workflows and you can have redirect issues, from 3xx errors to redirect chains, into your project management system for repairs.

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