Arclab® Website Analyzer
List all META Redirects on Your Website
Scan Your Web Pages for META
Redirects
What is a META Redirect?
A META redirect is nothing more than a tag in the header of a html page.
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh"
content="5; URL=http://www.yourdomain.tld/b.html">
...
</head>
<body>
...
Add some text and a link here,
e.g.
You will be redirected to http://www.yourdomain.tld/b.html in 5 seconds,
etc.
...
</body>
</html>
The redirection is done by the http-equiv "refresh". The "=5" in the content means redirect in 5 seconds. You can also change it to 0 (ZERO) to redirect immediatly.
- In contrast to "HTTP 3xx Redirects", this is a client-side redirect.
- From an SEO perspective META redirects should only be used in special situations.
- It's a page level redirect, which passes some link juice to the target.
- A META redirect is the simplest form of redirection, since no server settings are required for this.
How can I Scan My Website for META Redirects?
An analysis of your website is easy with Arclab® Website
Analyzer. First, let the program scan
your website.
After the scan of your website is completed, you will
receive a detailed report containing all errors found on your website and
other information.
Please note that this is not an error report,
just information about existing redirects.
In the "META Redirects" line, click "Show Details" to display details about the redirects:
- When opening the HTML page (B) in the browser, the HTML page (A) is called up after x seconds.
- In other words, a page refresh is carried out after x seconds and the URL (A) is opened in the browser.