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    • Miguelperez
      Miguelperez last edited by

      Describe tu pregunta en detalle. ¡Cuanta más información proporciones, mejor! Ayuda a dar contexto a una gran respuesta.

      in Moz I did the analysis of my web and it tells me that I have a redirect in chain: The redirect chains often occur when several redirecting rules are accumulated, like redirecting a 'www' to a URL other than www or a page not secure to a secure page / https: Look for any recurring string that can be rewritten as a single rule. Take special care with chains 301/302 in any combination, since 302 in the mix could affect the ability of 301 to pass the value of the link. I thank you for your help in solving
      
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      • Nigel_Carr
        Nigel_Carr last edited by

        Miguel,

        You are quite right that a redirect chain can be caused by moving to HTTPS. The problem comes when you have redirects already in place and then you move to HTTPS. So for example:

        http://domain.com/location1 Redirects to http://domain.com/location2 because you have moved a piece of content.

        If you then install an SSL and move to HTTPS then the route becomes:

        http://domain.com/location1>http://domain.com/location2>https://domain.com/location2

        So there are now 3 URLs involved.

        This is a simple example with only 3 URLs - I have seen cases where there are 5 or 6 because someone left an HTTP link on the page. I have also seen redirect loops where there is an endless chain which cannot be resolved. In that case, the page just crashes.

        Best practice is to scrap the first redirect and replace it with

        http://domain.com/location1>https://domain.com/location2>

        Depending on who you read there is a small loss of link juice when passing through a 301 (permanent redirect) and a 302 (temporary redirect) so it is important to have as few as possible. It also makes perfect sense to have as few calls to the server as possible.

        Regards

        Nigel

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