Google Says Don't Spend Too Much Time On Redirects Analysis For SEO
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Google Says Don't Spend Too Much Time On Redirects Analysis For SEO
"There are a bunch of browser extensions that do this already (eg Redirect Path from Ayima is one I see a lot in screenshots, and CSP is very different from redirects, so I don't understand the connection). I don't recall a time when I ran into something like this causing SEO issues which weren't also visible to average users in their browsers."
"This is not to discourage you from digging into minute technical details, chasing through rabbit holes, and then making tools to make it easier for you :-). I have also spent days & weeks analyzing technical quirks & puzzles that in the end I realized ultimately don't matter, but which were "fun" (only 1/4 was done out of spite) & somewhat educational along the way. It's probably not healthy to over-fixate on these things, but I learn minutiae (that will never really matter, I know)."
Bad redirects and misconfigured Content Security Policy (CSP) settings are typically detectable through normal browsing and are therefore unlikely to require exhaustive URL-by-URL technical audits for SEO purposes. Browser extensions such as Redirect Path can surface redirect chains quickly and make deep tooling often redundant. Auditing redirect chains in DevTools can be time-consuming and may become a diminishing-return activity for SEO. Investigating minute technical quirks can be educational and enjoyable, but many of those details rarely affect search performance. Prioritize issues that are visible to users and fix obvious redirect or CSP problems discovered during routine browsing.
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