How to redirect users to the right web page

Introduction

Redirecting users is a common way to get them to go where you want them to go on your website. In fact, it's so common that there are several ways of redirecting a user. The best way to redirect depends on your goal and the user's location in cyberspace. Redirections can be used with search engines as well as actual visitors to your site.

When you redirect a Web page, you send the user to a new page without their needing to click anything

When you redirect a Web page, you send the user to a new page without their needing to click anything. In other words, when you redirect someone from one page to another, they will not need to click a link or enter a URL in order for the process of redirecting them to work. Instead, web browsers are able to automatically take visitors right away (within seconds) from where they were on their current Web site and place them at whatever address is specified in the HTML code.

While many people may be aware of what happens when they click on links or visit websites through search engines like Google or Bing, very few realize that this type of technology also works when they visit other types of sites as well—like those owned by businesses or organizations with which they have no previous connections whatsoever!

By using this type of mechanism within your own website design strategy; it's possible for owners/managers/developers etc... to direct all sorts of traffic towards pre-determined destinations easily - whether those might be landing pages designed specifically for lead generation purposes related directly towards sales campaigns launched by either themselves personally (or perhaps even more likely these days thanks largely due almost entirely due too technological advances made available today thanks largely due almost entirely due almost exclusively thanks primarily thanks mostly critical importance attributed mostly significantly attributed directly attributable primarily responsible exclusively responsible partially responsible partly responsible jointly responsible partially capable guilty maybe guilty probably guilty definitely guilty.

Use a 303 redirect if you want to direct search engines and users to another page, but also give them the option of staying on the original page

Use a 303 redirect if you want to direct search engines and users to another page, but also give them the option of staying on the original page (for example, if there are links that still point at that URL).

The only case where you should use a 301 redirect is when you’re permanently moving your site to a new domain.

The reason why bots don't like 303s is that they can't tell whether or not the user actually wants to go to the new page; they just see it as an option. In other words, from their perspective, it's essentially an infinite loop in which users aren't getting anywhere—which isn't good for anyone!

Use a 301 redirect if your Web pages have been permanently moved or deleted

If you move to a new domain or an old page has been permanently deleted, make sure that search engines and users know what happened by using a 301 redirect.

A 301 redirect tells search engines and users that the page has moved permanently. By doing so, it:

• Sends visitors from the old URL to your new one
• Passes link juice from the old page to its replacement page (if there are any links pointing to it)

Always use a 301 redirect - not a meta refresh or 302 redirect - when moving Web pages

• Always use a 301 redirect - not a meta refresh or 302 redirect - when moving Web pages.
• Use 303 redirects for permanent, temporary or both-considered-permanent redirects.

Redirecting is one way to get a visitor to go where you want them to go. A 301 redirect will always work, but there are other options as well

Redirecting is one way to get a visitor to go where you want them to go. A 301 redirect will always work, but there are other options as well.

• 301 Redirect: This type of redirect tells search engine spiders that the page they are searching for has moved permanently and they should update their index accordingly. It's best used when the old URL is no longer valid and doesn't need to be indexed or cached anymore.
• 302 Temporary Redirect: This type of redirect is temporary in nature and can be deleted by either the webmaster or search engines at any time without affecting rankings or performance on other pages that use meta refresh for redirection purposes (see below).
• 303 See Other Response Code: This response code tells search engines not to index either version of the page but rather use a combination of meta refresh (described below) and JavaScript redirects instead if possible so that users aren't confused about whether content has been removed from a site altogether vs just moved somewhere else temporarily (such as during major redesigns).

Redirect users based on their location

You may want to redirect users based on their physical location. For this, you have to know the correlated location of their IP address. There are plenty of data vendors out there (e.g. iplookupapi.com) that provide these data.

Conclusion

When you redirect a Web page, you send the user to a new page without their needing to click anything.

301 redirects are always best when moving Web pages, but there are other options as well. 303 and 302 redirects can be used if necessary. It's important that any type of redirect be permanent - users shouldn't be able to return back to the original page after following your redirection instruction!