Redirect chain

How to fix it

Update the first hop to point directly at the final URL.

Sibling checks in this category

• 302 temporary redirect - The URL serves a 302. Crawlers may keep crawling the source if they expect it to come back.
• 3xx redirect - The URL returns a non-301/302 redirect status. Browsers follow it but crawlers handle it inconsistently.
• Broken redirect - The redirect target is a 4xx / 5xx response. Users land on an error.
• Redirect chain too long - The redirect chain has too many hops. Some crawlers stop following before the destination.

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