META REDIRECT TAG

The META refresh or redirect tag is most commonly used to redirect traffic to another web page. Use this META tag with caution because it can easily be overused and abused.

META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh"

The META tag is placed between the <HEAD>. The META tag tells the browser that the page will be reloaded or redirected to another page.

CONTENT is an attribute of HTTP-EQUIV, and it is defined in seconds.

CONTENT="300"

META CONTENT will refresh the web page every five minutes or 300 seconds. To refresh a user driven web page such as a blog use this tag.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="300">

To redirect to another URL

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" 
    CONTENT="2;url=http://www.htmlrookie.com">

You may use the META refresh tag to produce a slide-show by redirecting users to an array of images or text.