Enter a URL to see the HTTP status code the server returns and what it means for search. Free, instant, no signup.
A free HTTP status code checker. Enter a URL and it requests the page and shows the status code of the final response, such as 200, 301, 404 or 500, with a plain explanation of what that code means for visitors and search engines. No signup, no email.
2xx means success, 3xx means redirect, 4xx means the request failed because of the client or a missing page, and 5xx means the server failed. Search engines index 200 pages, follow 301 redirects, drop 404 and 410 pages over time, and slow their crawling when they see many 5xx errors.
A page that shows an error message but returns 200 is a soft 404 and can confuse indexing. The code, not the page's wording, is what crawlers read.
Enter the URL above. The tool requests it and shows the status code of the final response with an explanation. Browsers show it in the developer tools, under the Network tab.
A 301 is a permanent redirect, so search engines move the old address's ranking to the new one. A 302 is temporary, and search engines usually keep the old address indexed.
A few 404s are normal and harmless. They matter when a page that had links or traffic starts returning one, because that value is lost. Redirect such pages to a close replacement, or return 410 if the page is gone on purpose.
