Redirect to a Different URL using Meta "Refresh"
You can redirect people to a different URL by using Meta refresh. This comes in handy when your domain changed, was incorrect when printed or released, or if you want them to get redirected to 'www.domain.com' when they are only trying to go to 'domain.com'. By using Meta refresh you can let your visitors know the correct new URL and ask them to bookmark the correct page, or you can redirect them in a specified number of seconds (including 0). If your domain has common misspellings you can make sure that users get to the site by registering the misspelled domains and use Meta refresh to redirect them to the correct URL.
Here is a sample of coding to use Meta refresh.
Please note that the title tag is important to search engines.
Make sure to edit this section when placing the text into your file to include
information on your site.
<html> <head> <title>Redirect to this page</title> <META http-equiv="refresh" content="3;URL=http://www.example.com"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <center>You will be redirected to this page automatically in 3 seconds. Please bookmark the new page at <a href="http://www.example.com"> http://www.example.com</a> </center> </body> </html>
To change the amount of delay before redirecting, change the number in the "refresh" content="3 portion. Placing a '0' will redirect visitors instantly.
Not all browsers support the Meta "refresh" function, so including a link (as in the example above) is a good idea