seo

Meta Refresh Redirects and SEO: What Google Actually Does

RC
Redirect Check Team
5 min read

Meta refresh redirects are the HTML-based fallback from before server-side redirects were ubiquitous. Google treats instant (delay=0) meta refreshes like a 301, but anything longer is treated as user-intended — which is almost never what you want.

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What a meta refresh looks like

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How Google treats delay=0

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Why delay > 0 is an SEO trap

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When meta refresh is justified

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Server-side alternatives

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