Can too many redirects from a single URL have a negative effect on crawling?

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Published on August 19, 2011 8:22:39 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQCrRwTjkO8

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Can too many redirects/multiple hops for a given URL(301 as well as 302) can have negative impact in crawling/indexing/ranking? Arpit Srivastava, Gurgaon, India

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