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HTTP Status Code Checker

Bulk-check the URLs that matter before migrations, launches, or audits. Paste up to 20 URLs and see each HTTP status code, final URL, response time, and content type in a clean report.

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How it works

A short, focused workflow — input, run, read the result.

Paste URLs
Enter up to 20 URLs, one per line or separated by commas.
Run bulk check
The tool fetches each URL and reports status, final URL, response time, and content type.
Prioritize fixes
Fix 404/5xx URLs first, then review unexpected redirects or non-HTML responses.

What is an HTTP status code, and why do 404s and 301s decide what gets crawled?

An HTTP status code is the 3-digit number a server returns with every request: 200, 301, 404, 410, 503. Each one tells Google something different about the URL, and the wrong code can quietly remove a page or trap a crawler in a loop.

Every URL on the web returns a status code on every request. The codes fall into ranges: 1xx (informational), 2xx (success), 3xx (redirects), 4xx (client errors), 5xx (server errors). For SEO, the codes that matter most are 200 (success, indexable), 301 (permanent redirect, transfers signals), 302 (temporary redirect, often does not transfer signals), 404 (not found, eventually removed from the index), 410 (gone, removed faster), and 503 (service unavailable, retry later).The problem is that status codes are not visible in the browser. A user sees the page. Google sees the code. A page that returns 200 OK to the user may actually return a soft-404 (a 200 with 'page not found' content), which wastes crawl budget and confuses the index. A page that returns 302 when it should return 301 keeps the old URL in the index. A page that returns 500 intermittently looks healthy in Search Console until rankings drop.Our HTTP Status Code Checker fetches up to 20 URLs in one pass and reports the status, final URL (after redirects), response time, and content type for each. Paste a list of URLs after a migration, a CMS update, or a routine audit, and you see exactly which codes your server is returning. Spot the unexpected 302s, the soft-404s, and the 5xx spikes in seconds.

200

Status code Google needs to index a page

301

Permanent redirect that transfers ranking signals

410

Gone status that removes a URL faster than 404

What this HTTP status code checker does

Every status signal and redirect outcome that affects how Google crawls and indexes your URLs.

Bulk URL check — fetches up to 20 URLs in parallel. Returns the final status code, response time, content type, and final URL for each input.
Redirect chain trace — follows 3xx responses and reports every hop. Chains longer than 3 hops waste crawl budget and dilute PageRank transfer.
Final URL detection — shows the URL Google will end up indexing after all redirects. Useful for confirming 301 chains resolve to the right destination.
Response time — measures time-to-first-byte for each URL. Pages over 1.5 seconds are at risk of slower crawl rates and lower rankings.
Content-type header — reports the Content-Type returned. text/html is normal. application/json, application/xml, or text/plain may indicate a misconfigured page.
5xx error flagging — highlights 500, 502, 503, and 504 responses. Server errors block indexing and usually correlate with traffic drops in Search Console.
Soft-404 detection — flags 200 responses that look like error pages. A soft-404 wastes crawl budget and confuses Google's index for the page.
Status code distribution — summarizes the full list by code. Lets you see at a glance whether your bulk check is mostly 200s, mostly 3xx, or a mix of problems.

Who uses this HTTP status code checker

SEO, dev, and ops teams that need a fast read on URL health across a list, without running a full crawler.

In-house SEOs

You have a list of 200 URLs from an old migration and need to confirm they all return 200 or 301 to the right destination before requesting indexing.

Bulk-check the list, find the 12 URLs returning 404 and the 3 returning 302, fix the redirect map, and ship the re-indexing request.

Developers

You just deployed a 503 retry handler and want to confirm a sample of URLs return 200 once the server is back, not 503 from the load balancer.

Bulk-check the sample, confirm the final status, and spot the one URL still returning 503 before users do.

Agencies

You deliver a redirect map to a client with 800 legacy URLs and need to verify the redirects resolve correctly before you sign off.

Run the bulk check, confirm each URL returns 200 at the destination, and ship the sign-off with a clean status report.

Migration leads

You're migrating a 5,000 URL blog to a new platform and the dev team just deployed the redirect rules. Need to spot-check the chain lengths.

Bulk-test 50 URLs from different sections, find the 4-hop chains, and ask the dev team to flatten them to a single 301.

Ecommerce managers

You discontinued 300 products last week and want to know which ones return 404 (still indexed), 410 (clean), or 200 with a generic category page.

Bulk-check the list, see the mix, and confirm the 410s are the right call for the products you want Google to forget quickly.

Site reliability engineers

You had a 5xx spike yesterday and need to confirm the affected URLs are now serving 200, and identify which 503s left redirect chains hanging.

Bulk-check the incident list, find the URLs still in a 503 loop, and prioritize the dev fix to unblock the crawl.

Related glossary terms

Want a deeper dive? These glossary entries explain the concepts behind this tool.

Frequently Asked
Questions

Everything you need to know about http status code checker and technical SEO.

The HTTP Status Code Checker helps SEOs diagnose a specific technical SEO workflow directly in the browser. It is built for quick audits, QA checks, and pre-publish validation.

Yes. The tool is free to use on SERPView with no signup required. URL-fetching tools use conservative limits to keep checks fast and respectful.

No. The tool fetches the URL for the current analysis and returns the result. We do not store page content or use checked pages for training.

Use it during technical SEO audits, site launches, migrations, content QA, or whenever a page behaves differently than expected in search.

No. It is a focused free check for one workflow. For large sites, use it alongside a crawler and Google Search Console to prioritize fixes.

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