Redirect Chain Checker

Aim for one redirect, or two at most. Every extra hop adds latency and bleeds a little link equity, and search engines may stop following a chain that runs too long, so keeping it short protects both crawl budget and rankings. This checker counts the redirects in your chain and flags any URL with more than three hops as a problem worth fixing.

A redirect loop happens when URLs point at each other in a circle (A sends you to B, and B sends you back to A), so the browser never reaches a real page and eventually shows an error. You can spot one by following the chain hop by hop and watching for a URL that repeats or a chain that never resolves to a 200. Paste the URL here and the tool traces every hop in order, making a loop or a chain that never lands on a final 200 easy to see.

A 301 is a permanent redirect and tells search engines the page has moved for good, passing ranking signals to the new URL. A 302 (and 307) is temporary, so engines keep the original URL indexed and don't fully transfer authority, which is why an accidental 302 on a permanent move can quietly hurt SEO. This checker shows the exact status code on each hop so you can confirm whether your redirects are 301 or 302.

Run the original HTTP URL through the checker and read the chain: a clean setup goes straight from the http:// version to the https:// version in a single 301 hop, then lands on a 200. Watch for mixed chains that bounce between HTTP and HTTPS or add extra www/non-www hops along the way, since each one slows the page and can trip up crawlers. The tool lists the full protocol of every hop so any insecure or redundant step stands out.

Manual checks only show you a redirect at one moment in time, so a redirect that silently changes target or starts returning a 404 can go unnoticed for weeks. SiteGauge re-checks a URL on a schedule and alerts you the moment a 301/302 destination changes, a hop is added, or the redirect breaks entirely. That's useful for migrations, campaign links, and high-value pages where a broken redirect means lost traffic or revenue.