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    • Donsimong
      Donsimong last edited by

      I have a redirect chain being flagged in Moz, this is the first time I have come across this, and Im convinced its causing an issue, the site is performing very badly. I have attached screen grabs of the redirect chain.  and the site is cotswold flat roofing

      Is this redirect chain causing me an issue, and what is the best practice for getting it fixed or removed, the site currenly does not even show up in Google even when searching for its won brand, I removed an x robot noindex a week ago,  and now the only issue that I can see is this redirect chain

      6pOpGNU

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      • GastonRiera
        GastonRiera last edited by

        Hi Simon,

        Yes, redirect chains are an issue and should be resolved. Google has said that they can handle well up to 4 redirects. When the 5th occurs, Googlebot stops crawling.
        On another note, your site is indexed (check this image) and if you have removed a noindex tag recently, give google some time to process your site.

        A tip that could help you rank, at least for your brand name (assuming its Costwold Flat Roofing) is adding it to the H1 tag.

        Hope it helps.
        Best luck.
        Gaston

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        • Donsimong
          Donsimong @GastonRiera last edited by

          Muchas Gracias Gaston.
          what do you think is the best way to resolve this, as i have to ask the guy who's doing the hosting...?

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          • GastonRiera
            GastonRiera last edited by

            Looking a little further, you only have 2 redirect hops. As I said earlier, there is no big of an issue. And, you won't get any improvement in rankings, nor will impact your crawling (you only have 1 page).

            It looks like you have 2 different rules:
            1- http:// -> https://
            2- non-www -> www

            I don't think that your hosting provider will help you with these redirects. You'd have to do it yourself via .htaccess file.
            Here you have the htaccess documentation, if you want to know more.

            Hope it helps.
            Best luck.
            Gaston

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