What is an HTML redirect?

An HTML redirect (also sometimes called a meta refresh or meta redirect) is a way of redirecting one HTML page to another in the HTML source code. An HTML redirect includes instructions in the section of the document that tell the web browser to automatically refresh a different page, with an optional time delay before the refresh occurs.

How to redirect a link from one page to another?

Now, let's say you click a link or button and transfer to another web page of the same website having URL example.com/page-b. This is called redirecting. It is widely used on a website. Add an Image depicting redirecting in HTML from one page to another. Sample Image The user can initiate redirecting in several ways.

Why am I getting a page redirect?

If the redirection is because someone is trying to access a file outside the scope of root operation i.e. an include file or a file that presents the fact that you are accessing in an illegal manner it is likely that the page redirect is outside the scope of google access anyway. I know not all bots respect the robots.txt file though.