Redirecting a website's page allows website owners to direct visitors to a different website or page without manual URL entry. This can be used during website maintenance or when content has moved to a new location.

There are several methods to redirect your website visitors, including the easiest one, meta refresh in HTML. However, this and other client-side redirects are not recommended for SEO as search engines may see them as a soft 404 error. For permanent redirects, use server-side 301 or 302 redirects.

To start you need to add the appropriate http-equiv attribute to implement the meta refresh method in the HTML code's head section. You can then specify the interval for the refresh and the redirect URL.

How to redirect a page to another website using meta refresh:

  1. Edit the head section of the page using a text editor or CMS editor.
  2. Insert a meta refresh tag in the head tags. 
    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh">
  </head>
  <body>
    Redirecting to example.com...
  </body>
</html>
  3. Specify the interval in the content section. 
    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;>
  </head>
  <body>
    Redirecting to example.com...
  </body>
</html>

    Setting the interval to 0 will immediately redirect the visitor to the target URL.

  4. Set the target URL for the redirect. 
    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=https://example.com">
  </head>
  <body>
    Redirecting to example.com...
  </body>
</html>
  5. Save the file.
  6. Test the redirect by opening and refreshing the edited page.
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