Internal links that redirect

When an internal anchor’s href resolves through one or more redirects, browsers and crawlers pay extra round trips. Updating links to the final URL reduces hops and clarifies the canonical target in your own navigation.

What we look for

We inspect internal links from stored crawl data and detect destinations that return redirect responses, emitting rows keyed by link edge identifiers where applicable.

What to do

Replace hrefs with the direct final URL when stable. Fix upstream redirects only if the destination itself should move.

Example

If /old-path redirects to /products/leather-tote, point the link at the final URL:

<!-- Before: extra redirect hop -->

<a href="https://seoperception.com/old-path">Leather tote</a>

<!-- After: direct internal URL -->
<a href="https://seoperception.com/products/leather-tote">Leather tote</a>

Technical details

Separate from sitewide redirect-only URL rows—see How the crawler works.