diff --git a/code/dataobjects/LinkMapping.php b/code/dataobjects/LinkMapping.php
index 792e738..cdea46e 100644
--- a/code/dataobjects/LinkMapping.php
+++ b/code/dataobjects/LinkMapping.php
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public function getLink() {
 
 				// This is to support multiple sites, where the absolute page URLs are treated as relative.
 
-				return MisdirectionService::is_external_URL($link) ? HTTP::setGetVar('misdirected', true, ltrim($link, '/')) : $link;
+				return MisdirectionService::is_external_URL($link) ? ltrim($link, '/') : $link;
 			}
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/code/services/MisdirectionService.php b/code/services/MisdirectionService.php
index 91f706b..fb31a5a 100644
--- a/code/services/MisdirectionService.php
+++ b/code/services/MisdirectionService.php
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ public function getRecursiveMapping($map, $host = null, $testing = false) {
 			$host = $map->getLinkHost();
 		}
 
-		// Determine the next link mapping.
+		// Determine the next link mapping, immediately redirecting towards an external URL.
 
-		while(!self::is_external_URL($redirect) && ($next = $this->getMapping($redirect, $host))) {
+		while((($map->RedirectType === 'Page') || !self::is_external_URL($redirect)) && ($next = $this->getMapping($redirect, $host))) {
 
 			// Enforce a maximum number of redirects, preventing infinite recursion and inefficient link mappings.