Free URL Redirect Checker Tool

Yes, the SiteDetour URL redirect checker is completely free to use with no sign-up required. Simply paste any URL and click Analyze to trace the full redirect path. For managing your own redirects with analytics, custom rules, and team collaboration, check out our full redirect management platform.

Redirects play a critical role in SEO. Properly configured 301 redirects pass link equity from old URLs to new ones, preserving your search rankings during site migrations or URL restructuring. Broken redirects, redirect loops, or excessive redirect chains can hurt page load speed, waste crawl budget, and cause indexing issues. Regularly checking your redirects helps maintain strong SEO performance.

A redirect loop happens when URL A redirects to URL B, which redirects back to URL A, creating an infinite cycle that results in a browser error. Our URL redirect checker detects these loops by tracing each hop and showing you exactly where the cycle occurs so you can fix the misconfiguration.

A redirect chain occurs when a URL redirects to another URL, which then redirects to yet another URL, and so on. Each additional hop in the chain adds latency and can dilute SEO link equity. Our redirect checker visualizes every hop so you can identify unnecessary intermediary redirects and shorten the chain.

A 301 redirect is permanent and tells search engines to transfer all SEO value (link equity) to the new URL. A 302 redirect is temporary and signals that the original URL may return in the future, so search engines keep the original indexed. Use our URL redirect checker to verify which type your URLs are using.

A URL redirect is an instruction that automatically sends visitors from one URL to a different URL. Redirects are commonly used during site migrations, to fix broken links, consolidate duplicate pages, or forward traffic from old URLs to new ones. The most common types are 301 (permanent) and 302 (temporary) redirects.