Redirect Chain Viewer

Shortened links (like bit.ly) and affiliate links often bounce through multiple servers before landing on the final destination. This tool follows every hop, revealing the intermediate tracking URLs and the ultimate target. It's essential for security analysis (checking where a suspicious link goes) and SEO auditing (cleaning up messy redirect chains).

Every time a redirect happens, a small amount of SEO authority ("link juice") can be lost, especially with temporary (302) redirects. Long chains dilute this value further. By visualizing the chain, you can identify unnecessary hops and update your links to point directly to the final URL.

Affiliate marketers use redirects to track clicks. If you're investigating a competitor's strategy, this tool exposes which affiliate networks they are using by showing the tracking domains in the middle of the redirect chain.