redirect

[rookie1010]

What is redirect and which browsers are able to redirect?

 

[Osiris]

A 301 or 302 error. When these pages are hit, the server responds with a error in the HTTP header saying that the page has moved. It then gives the URL that the page has moved to, also in the header. The client's browser automatically forwards to the new page. Search engines are supposed to update their index when they see a 301 error. Any yes they should all be able to redirect.

 

[rookie1010]

what do you mean by the page has moved?

and do we get to see the 301 or 302 error?

 

[Osiris]

Have you ever gone to a website and some will say "this webpage has moved, we will be redirecting you here shorlty, or please update your favorites list" then it goes to the website you wanted, it just has a different name. Instead of it being lets say www.whatever.com now it's www.whatever.net. If they didn't use the redirect, you wouldn't know where the website was located. Does this help?

 

[rookie1010]

you mean to say it is to do with namespace servers ...?

 

[TheMajor]

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="4;url=http://www.domain.com/link.html">

This is a META tag to redirect to a different domain in 4 seconds.

I think all browsers are able to redirect.