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meta refresh

An HTML command that switches you to a different Web page within a specified amount of time. It is used to briefly display an outdated page and send the visitor to the new page. Fast meta refreshes are used to quickly switch doorway pages to the page the user is supposed to see. See doorway page.

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To employ this method, use a programming language (such as PHP and ASP, etc.) or use the HTML meta refresh technique, which looks like this: <METAhttp-equiv="re fresh" content="0;URL=http://www.yoursite.com/newlocation.html">.

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"I've asked the owner to stop using the META refresh tags to forward users to my site, and that request has now been honored."