Page with redirect in Search Console: usually fine, sometimes a sign to clean up
The URL redirects to another page, so Google does not index it and may index the target. Usually fine: update internal links and the sitemap to the final URL.
The message in Search Console
Page with redirect
Page indexing report, group "Not indexed". Spelling as in Google's help page for the report.
By the Crawlerpeek editorial team · Sources checked · Updated · Editorial standards
What Google says
This is a non-canonical URL that redirects to another page. As such, this URL will not be indexed. The target URL of the redirect might or might not be indexed, depending on what Google thinks about that target URL.
Source: Google Search Console Help: Page indexing report, read 2026-10-30.
Common causes
- Normal address clean-up:
httptohttps,wwwto the bare domain or back, a trailing slash added or removed. - Old URLs after a redesign or migration that now redirect to new ones.
- Internal links, canonical tags or the sitemap still pointing at the old addresses, so Google keeps finding them.
- A redirect that was not meant to be there, for example a page that redirects to the home page or a login page.
How to check
- Enter the old URL in the AI crawler checker or see a page as a bot to see where it ends up and with which status.
- Inspect the target URL in URL Inspection to see whether Google indexed it. That is the page that should rank.
- List the hops with
curl -sIL https://example.com/old | grep -i -E '^(HTTP|location)'; more than one hop is worth flattening.
When to fix it and when to leave it
Most of the time you can leave it. Every redirecting URL Google knows about can appear here, and Google says "Non-indexed URLs can be fine." Act when the target is not indexed, when the redirect is not one you set up, or when your sitemap lists redirecting URLs instead of final ones. If Google could not follow the redirect at all, the message is Redirect error.
AI crawlers and AI search
Use a permanent redirect for a permanent move. Google says the indexing pipeline uses a 301 or 308 as a signal that the target should be canonical, while it does not use a 302, 303 or 307 that way (Redirects and Google Search). Only the target can be a supporting link in AI Overviews or AI Mode, since Google requires an indexed page for that (AI features and your website). For every crawler, a single hop to the final URL means one request instead of a chain.
Questions
Is "Page with redirect" an error?
Not by itself. It lists URLs that redirect, which Google does not index. The target of the redirect can be indexed.
Should I remove redirecting URLs from my sitemap?
Yes. List the final addresses, the URLs you want indexed, so Google does not keep finding the redirecting ones.
Does Google treat a meta refresh as a redirect?
Google says it interprets an instant meta refresh as a permanent redirect and a delayed one as temporary.
Related messages
- Redirect error · Google could not follow the redirect: a chain too long, a loop, a URL too long or a bad URL in the chain. Redirect straight to the final page in one hop.
- Crawled - currently not indexed · Google fetched the page but chose not to index it for now. No error is reported: check the page's text, duplicates and links, improve it, and give Google time.
- Search Console Crawl and Indexing Errors
Sources
Google's documentation, each page read on 2026-10-30. Google updates these pages; if its wording has changed since, Google's page is the reference.
- Google Search Console Help: Page indexing report (checked 2026-10-30)
- Google Search Central: Redirects and Google Search (checked 2026-10-30)
- Google Search Console Help: URL Inspection tool (checked 2026-10-30)
- Google Search Central: AI features and your website (checked 2026-10-30)
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