Page With Redirect (Excluded From Index)

What’s actually happening

A set of URLs lands under "Page with redirect" in the Pages report, excluded by design. URL Inspection shows the URL returns a 3xx and names the redirect target. For consolidation work — HTTP to HTTPS, www to non-www, trailing-slash normalization — this is the correct outcome. It only matters when a URL you want indexed is the one redirecting, or sits in a chain.

Common causes

• Intentional consolidation: 301s from HTTP to HTTPS, www to non-www, or old paths to new ones — expected and excluded.
• A redirect chain (A to B to C) where intermediate hops show up as excluded redirects.
• A page you actually want indexed got a stray redirect from a migration, a CMS slug change, or a misfiring server rule.
• Internal links and the sitemap still pointing at the old redirecting URL instead of the final destination.
• A redirect loop or a soft 302 where a 200 was intended, confusing what Google should index.

How to fix it

1. Separate expected redirects from mistakesReview the listed URLs. Old/duplicate URLs redirecting to canonicals are fine — no action. Flag any URL that should rank but is redirecting; that's the only real problem here.
2. Restore a wrongly-redirecting pageIf a page you want indexed redirects, remove the rule so it returns 200 with its own content, set a self-referential canonical, and Request Indexing in URL Inspection.
3. Flatten redirect chainsTrace hops with `curl -sIL https://example.com/old | grep -i location`. Rewrite each source to point straight at the final 200 URL so there's a single 301, not a chain that bleeds crawl budget and signal.
4. Update internal links and the sitemapRepoint internal links and sitemap entries to the final destination URL. Linking through a redirect works but wastes crawl budget and keeps the old URL surfacing in reports.
5. Confirm the right status codesUse 301 for permanent moves so equity transfers; reserve 302 for genuinely temporary ones. Verify the destination returns 200 and isn't itself redirecting.