# Does the Swiftype crawler follow redirects?

**URL:** <https://community.swiftype.com/t/does-the-swiftype-crawler-follow-redirects/176>\
**Category:** Setup & Indexing\
**Tags:** crawler\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/does-the-swiftype-crawler-follow-redirects/176 "2016-04-11T17:09:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/does-the-swiftype-crawler-follow-redirects/176/1 "2016-04-11T17:09:06Z")

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> **Some URLs on on my site redirect to a different location. Does the crawler handle this?**

Swiftbot will definitely follow 301 and 302 redirects. In those cases, the origin URL that redirects will not be indexed.

Please note that the crawler will only follow a few redirects per URL to avoid being trapped in a redirect loop.