URL redirect checker

About Our URL Redirect Checker Tool

The URL Redirect Checker tool allows you to analyze and trace all redirects that occur when a browser tries to load a webpage. Redirects are commonly used when pages move, websites migrate, or secure HTTPS connections are enforced. This tool helps you identify every hop in the redirect chain, including 301, 302, 307, 308, and meta refresh redirects, making it essential for SEO, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.

What This Tool Can Detect

Our Redirect Checker follows the entire redirect path from the entered URL to the final landing page. It provides a complete overview of:

• Redirect Chain: Every URL the browser passes through.
• Redirect Type: Detects 301, 302, 307, 308, and other redirect status codes.
• Final Destination URL: The actual page where the redirect ends.
• HTTP Status Codes: Shows each response returned by the server.
• Redirect Speed: Measures time taken during each redirect step.
• HTTPS Enforcement: Detects automatic redirects from HTTP to HTTPS.
• Meta and JavaScript Redirects: Identifies non-standard redirect methods.

Why Redirect Checking Is Important

Redirects play a key role in website performance, SEO rankings, and user experience. Too many redirects slow down loading speed and can confuse search engines. Using this tool helps ensure your redirects are correct, efficient, and optimized for search visibility.

• Detect redirect loops that break pages.
• Ensure proper 301 redirects for SEO migrations.
• Check HTTPS and non-www/www redirect configuration.
• Improve Core Web Vitals by reducing redirect chains.
• Verify that URLs resolve to the correct destination.

Common Issues You Can Detect

The URL Redirect Checker helps reveal problems that may impact SEO and performance:

• Multiple unnecessary redirect hops.
• Redirect loops causing infinite loading.
• Improper usage of 302 instead of 301 for moved pages.
• Redirects pointing to outdated or wrong URLs.
• Slow redirect responses affecting speed.
• Conflicting redirects between HTTP, HTTPS, www, and non-www.

How Redirect Checking Works

When a URL is entered, the tool sends a sequence of HTTP requests following every redirect returned by the server. Each hop is recorded with its status code, redirect target, and response time. The tool then displays the full chain so you can understand exactly how traffic flows from one URL to another.

Advanced Insights

Advanced users—including SEOs, developers, and network engineers—can use redirect data to optimize site migrations, fix incorrect routing rules, improve HTTPS configuration, and ensure proper canonical alignment. The tool also helps detect CDN redirect behavior and server-level rewrite issues.

Final Notes

The URL Redirect Checker is an essential tool for analyzing how URLs behave, finding redirect errors, and ensuring your website offers a smooth and SEO-friendly user experience. Whether you’re monitoring migrations, debugging redirects, or analyzing competitor URLs, this tool provides accurate redirect insights in seconds.