Redirect Checker

The Redirect Checker application of Teqtop is useful in enabling Australian online marketers, search engine experts and business people to check the status code of the HTTP and examine the behaviour of URLs within their websites. Regardless of whether you are repairing broken links, have to manage a web site migration, or make the site overall better, this tool can be used to ensure that the redirects are correct and your users get to the appropriate pages.


Early detection of redirects will help you create a better user experience, preserve SEO, and give people a seamless experience throughout their experience on all the pages of your site.

HTTP Status Codes

The most common HTTP status codes that you can encounter when examining redirects are the following:

HTTP Status Code Meaning
2xx Success
200 OK
201 Created
204 No Content
3xx Redirections
301 Moved Permanently
304 Not Modified
307 Temporary Redirect
4xx Client Error
400 Bad Request
401 Unauthorized
403 Forbidden
404 Not Found
409 Conflict
5xx Server Error
500 Internal Server Error
502 Bad Gateway
504 Gateway Timeout

What Are Redirects?

Redirects are the directives that direct the browsers and search engines to navigate through one URL to another. They are mandatory where the web site needs a makeover, altering the URLs or even reorganizing pages. The proper redirects will save the SEO positions and traffic as well as make sure that the users will never arrive on the broken or the old pages.


The following are the most widespread redirects:

301 Redirect - Redirect Permanently:

A permanent redirect that is used when permanent movement of content has taken place. It redirects the majority of the SEO power of the old URL to the new one and is the option of choice in long term changeover.

302 Redirect - Temporary Redirect:

Applied in case of a temporary change. The original page can be reused, and value in terms of SEO is not completely transferred.

303 Redirect - See Other:

It is a type of redirection where a POST request has to be redirected to a new GET address.

307 Redirect - Temporary Redirect ( HTTP/1.1 specific )

A more recent form of the 302 redirect, employed when the redirect needs to be done by strictly preserving the request method.

Meta Refresh:

An HTML meta tag is used as a redirect, with a delay. Not suitable in terms of SEO.

Why Use Redirects?

Redirects play an important role in a variety of scenarios, particularly when expanding or restructuring websites:

  • Changed URLs:

    In case you change or reconfigure your site URLs, redirects should guarantee that the users and search engines are redirected to the right pages.

  • Content Consolidation:

    In the case of a combination of various pages into a single page, redirects assist to direct traffic to the refreshed master page.

  • Domain Changes:

    On the transition to a new domain, redirects transfer passes and SEO value of the old site to the new one.

  • Handling Deleted Pages:

    Rather than displaying a 404 error, direct the users to the nearest applicable page.

  • Avoiding Duplicate Content:

    In case the same content is posted in different URLs, there should be redirects to define the desired version to avoid dilution of SEO.

How to Implement Redirects:

  • Redirects can be configured in a number of ways, based on your platform and host environment:

    With the help of .htaccess (Apache Server).

    Insert redirect rules on your htaccess. Typical of the PHP-based websites.

  • Using NGINX Redirect Rules:

    Add redirects to your NGINX server block. Syntax differs from Apache.

  • CMS or Website Platforms:

    WordPress, Shopify and Joomla have in-built redirect functionality, or redirect extensions, and implementation can be done easily.

  • Server-Side Code Headers:

    Programming languages such as PHP, Python or Node.js may send redirect headers.

  • Online Tools:

    There are numerous online redirectors that can be used to configure or authenticate redirects without server access.

The choice of the right redirect is crucial to preserve the search positions and offer the convenient user experience. 301 redirects must always be used in cases of permanent changes whereas temporary changes must use 302 or 307.


Do not use Meta Refresh in the optimisation of search.


To have a more elaborate guideline, you may refer to the official documentation of redirects by Google.