Question 1

Why does Google Search Console report "Page with redirect"?

Accepted Answer

Google Search Console flags URLs under "Page with redirect" when Google discovers an address (via backlinks, old internal links, or past crawls) that responds with an HTTP 301, 302, 307, or 308 redirect. This is a normal, informative status: Google identifies the redirect and indexes the final canonical destination instead.

Question 2

Should I try to get all 57 redirected URLs indexed in Google?

Accepted Answer

No! It is a critical SEO rule that you should NOT attempt to force redirected URLs into Google's index. If a URL intentionally redirects (e.g., protocol normalization from HTTP to HTTPS, apex to www, or legacy unlocalized URLs to /en/ and /de/), the redirect is doing its job. You should only ensure the final destination returns 200 OK and that your internal links and XML sitemaps point directly to the destination.

Question 3

What is the danger of a redirect chain (multiple hops)?

Accepted Answer

A redirect chain occurs when URL A redirects to URL B, which then redirects to URL C. Each extra hop introduces network latency (often 100–300ms per hop on mobile), drains Google's crawl budget, and can dilute PageRank. Search engines may stop following chains longer than 3–5 hops.

Question 4

What is a redirect loop and how do I fix it?

Accepted Answer

A redirect loop happens when URL A redirects to URL B, and URL B redirects back to URL A (or through an intermediary). Browsers fail with ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS and search bots abandon the crawl. Fix it by removing conflicting rewrite or redirect rules in your server configuration (e.g. vercel.json, .htaccess).

Question 5

What is the difference between 301 and 308 permanent redirects?

Accepted Answer

Both HTTP 301 and 308 represent permanent redirects. The modern HTTP 308 status guarantees that the HTTP request method (e.g., POST, PUT) and body remain unchanged during redirection, whereas older 301 implementations occasionally rewrote POST requests to GET.

Question 6

How do I resolve the 57 affected URLs from Search Console?

Accepted Answer

Run this audit tool to verify each URL. For clean 1-hop redirects leading to 200 OK, no server action is needed. Simply update any internal links and sitemaps that still reference the old URLs. For redirect chains (e.g., http:// apex domain stepping through 3 hops), consolidate the rule to jump directly to the final https://www.toolstack.tools/en address in one hop.

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Technical SEO Guide: Resolving Google Search Console "Page with redirect"

1Why GSC Reports These URLs

2The Latency Penalty of Chains

3The Golden Canonical Rule

Step-by-Step Resolution for the 57 Search Console URLs

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