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Q: What is the difference between 301 and 302 redirects?

A 301 redirect is permanent — browsers and search engines treat the new URL as the canonical destination and PageRank passes to it. A 302 redirect is temporary — search engines keep the original URL indexed. Use 301 for moved content and 302 for temporary changes.

Trace every redirect hop for any URL — see 301, 302, 307 chains, response codes and final destination instantly.

✅ Trace Complete http://google.com

Total Hops

Redirects

200

Final Code

Final URL

http://www.google.com/

🔗 Redirect Chain

http://google.com

301 Permanent show headers

location: http://www.google.com/ content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 content-security-policy-report-only: object-src 'none';base-uri 'self';script-src 'nonce-sLsfl0sPprAKm6W2hewzkg' 'strict-dynamic' 'report-sample' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' https: http:;report-uri https://csp.withgoogle.com/csp/gws/other-hp date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:55:41 GMT expires: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:55:41 GMT cache-control: public, max-age=2592000 server: gws content-length: 219 x-xss-protection: 0 x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN connection: close

hop 1

http://www.google.com/

200 OK — Final show headers

content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 content-security-policy-report-only: object-src 'none';base-uri 'self';script-src 'nonce-31w81Zj1WLHjmO1nT4S-3w' 'strict-dynamic' 'report-sample' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' https: http:;report-uri https://csp.withgoogle.com/csp/gws/other-hp p3p: CP="This is not a P3P policy! See g.co/p3phelp for more info." date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:55:41 GMT server: gws x-xss-protection: 0 x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN expires: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:55:41 GMT cache-control: private set-cookie: NID=533=XUcQb5YswwRExG5SYdVc1Js607xX39kxZwqVjtZPyTo5ncZULnYWrvz9VIHTOHPxxl3eyLxfWt0ulz1L9IhZ9ZeEYXnLdRQkIjIYkqJsMvvqgz-rcF2aTxfTvhhIfgOjKEoXuxkFWvAtvaakOFEDPjCbrMhr0xORoN8rEPsMO2OStqEnZhDDjyCbYtgBUBIBHlxJ11ZOkIvLY7Pk3aU; expires=Tue, 19-Jan-2027 07:55:41 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; HttpOnly connection: close

hop 2

Try: http://google.com http://github.com http://twitter.com

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a redirect chain?

A redirect chain occurs when a URL redirects to another URL which then redirects again — sometimes multiple times before reaching the final destination. Each extra hop adds latency, dilutes PageRank and can cause SEO issues. The ideal is 0 or 1 redirect per URL.

What is the difference between 301 and 302 redirects?

A 301 redirect is permanent — it tells browsers and search engines the content has moved forever. PageRank is passed to the new URL. A 302 redirect is temporary — search engines keep the original URL indexed. Use 301 for moved content and 302 for temporary changes.

How many redirects are too many?

More than 2 redirects in a chain is considered excessive. Each redirect adds 100-300ms of latency and Google has stated that too many hops can dilute PageRank. Ideally your URLs should resolve in 0 redirects (direct) or 1 redirect maximum.

Why does my URL show a different final destination than expected?

Some servers use JavaScript redirects, meta refreshes or conditional redirects based on User-Agent or cookies. This tool only follows HTTP-level (header) redirects. Client-side redirects will not be detected — the final URL shown is the last HTTP response URL.

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