How can I find out if a domain is currently performing a 301 redirect?

[Stemage]

A company called NameSecure.com has a url forwarding option, but don't list any info about what kind of forwarding it is. I wrote to ask about a 301 redirect and was given:

"The option for a permanent 301 redirect is available, however you will need to know the scripting on how to do so. We will not be able to provide technical assistance in the matter."

Of course we can include some heading info to perform the 301, but we'd have to have hosting with them to do so, and we don't currently. My question is, how do you find out what kind of redirect a url is currently performing? The url is http://www.myhobbyplace.com, and is currently forwarding to the store appropriately, but we want to make sure it's a healthy redirect.

Thoughts?

[Chris_D]

Use a server header checker
The redirect is a 302 moved temporarily

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.myhobbyplace.com

HTTP/1.1·302·Found(CR)(LF)
Date:·Wed,·26·Apr·2006·12:49:09·GMT(CR)(LF)
Server:·Apache/1.3.12·(Unix)·mod_perl/1.24(CR)(LF)
Location:·http://www.store.yahoo.com/myhobbyplace/index.html(CR)(LF)

[Stemage]

Thanks Chris!

[bhartzer]

Chris is right, use a server header check tool. Keep in mind that I've actually seen certain server header check tools give different results. So, you might want to use more than one.

I also like to use Rex Swain's HTTP viewer (http://www.rexswain.com/httpview.html) for this purpose, as well.

[SuperZu]

You can also use Xenu's Link Sleuth. It is actually a broken link checker but it's really fast and will tell you if a page is 301. It's free!