Links To Internal Redirects

What This Means

Pages that contain internal links pointing to URLs that return a 3xx redirect status code. Linking to redirects wastes crawl budget and adds latency for users. Each redirect hop delays page loading and may dilute PageRank transfer.

What Triggers This Issue

This issue is triggered when a page has internal outlinks whose target pages respond with a redirect (3xx) status code, such as 301 Moved Permanently or 302 Found, instead of resolving directly to a 200 OK response.

How To Fix

Update the internal links to point directly to the final destination URL instead of the redirecting URL. This eliminates unnecessary redirect hops, improves page load speed, and ensures efficient crawl budget usage.

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