Free Redirect Checker

It follows your URL one hop at a time and shows every step in the chain with its HTTP status code, the final landing URL and status, the page’s canonical tag and robots meta, and a set of SEO checks — chain length, redirect loops, HTTPS, HTTPS→HTTP downgrades, and whether permanent (301/308) or temporary (302/307) redirects are used.

Every extra redirect hop adds latency and can dilute link signals. Search engines pass the most ranking value through a single, permanent (301) redirect straight to the final URL. Long chains, loops, temporary redirects used for permanent moves, and HTTPS→HTTP downgrades all leak performance or ranking signals — this tool flags each one.

A 301 (and 308) is a permanent redirect — it tells search engines the page has moved for good and to pass ranking signals to the new URL. A 302 (and 303/307) is temporary — signals stay with the original URL. If a move is permanent, using a 302 can hold back your rankings, so this tool warns when temporary redirects are in the chain.

Usually yes. After all redirects resolve, the landing page’s canonical tag should point to itself (the final URL). If it points somewhere else, you risk splitting ranking signals between versions of the page or sending search engines in circles. The tool flags a canonical that doesn’t match the final URL.