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Max Redirections

Redirect chains which exceed the maximum number of redirects specified in Advanced settings > Report settings (default: 4 redirections).

Priority: High

Impact: Negative

What issues it may cause​

Search engine crawlers will only follow a limited number of redirects in a chain before stopping and resuming later, which can cause delays in being processed.

A large number of redirects may result in a noticable delay for users so it can also have an impact on user experience.

Redirect chains will consume more crawl budget than a redirect chain with a single step.

How do you fix it​

The redirect chains should be reviewed for opportunities to update to use fewer steps by redirecting them directly to the final redirect target.

What is the positive impact​

Crawl budget spent on the unnecessary redirect steps may be reduced, allowing crawl budget to be used on more important pages, or save on server costs.

How to fetch the data for this report template​

You will need to run a crawl for report template to generate report. When report has been generated and you have crawl id you can fetch data for the report using the following query:

query GetReportForCrawl($crawlId: ObjectID!, $reportTemplateCode: String!) {
  getCrawl(id: $crawlId) {
    reportsByCode(
      input: {
        reportTypeCodes: Basic
        reportTemplateCodes: [$reportTemplateCode]
      }
    ) {
      rows {
        nodes {
          ... on CrawlUrls {
            url
            redirectChain
            redirectedToUrl
            foundAtUrl
            deeprank
            level
            redirectCount
            contentSize
            isRedirectLoop
            metaRedirect
            redirectedToStatusCode
            foundInGoogleAnalytics
            foundInGoogleSearchConsole
            foundInBacklinks
            foundInList
            foundInLogSummary
            foundInWebCrawl
            foundInSitemap
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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