Google Search Console: "Page with redirect" and "Redirect error"
These are two different things. "Page with redirect" is usually fine: Google found an address that forwards somewhere else and indexed the destination instead. "Redirect error" is a real problem: Google followed the forward and got lost.
What to do, in order
- Look at the listed addresses. If they are the http version, the non-www version, or old pages you moved on purpose, "Page with redirect" needs no action.
- Make sure your sitemap lists only final addresses. Every link in it should load directly with a 200, not forward. Old addresses in the sitemap keep the report filling up.
- For "Redirect error", trace the chain. Run
curl -sIL https://yoursite.com/page | grep -i -E "^(HTTP|location)". More than two hops, a loop back to the start, or a forward to an empty address are the usual causes.
- Common loop: the host forces https, and a plugin or Cloudflare forces http (or www and non-www fight). Pick one rule in one place.
- After fixing, press Validate Fix in Search Console. Google rechecks over days, not minutes.
If you want the chain traced for you, send me the address and I will show every hop.
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