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Switch to UTF-8 encoding if possible. Sometimes that solves the problem, but not always. But if you don't set the meta charset at all, the browser is forced to guess and can potentially display garbage-like text to the user. Meta refresh redirect The meta refresh tag tells the web browser to redirect the user to another URL after a certain amount of time. Why is it important as an SEO measure? The Meta refresh redirect tag is important for SEO in the sense that even though Google understands and respects it, it's best not to use it . There are several reasons for this: Not supported by
all browsers. It can be confusing to users (also has security concerns). Parsing is required before the page displays the Bolivia Email List destination URL, which may take some time. The problem can also occur if there are no canonical tags on the page , as John Mueller explains in this tweet : 301 or 302 is essentially just a question of which URL is canonical, that can go either way here, so make sure your other canonicalization methods reflect the way you want it to go. — johnmu likes(@JohnMu) March 2, 2018 best practice Avoid meta refresh redirect tags unless absolutely necessary; Use 301 redirects instead .

How to add Meta refresh redirect tag to a page (only if you really need it) Paste the code below into the <head> section of your page: <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;url="https://example.com/"> The content attribute specifies the delay time in seconds. The URL attribute specifies the redirect URL. How to find and fix common Meta refresh redirect mistakes Meta refresh redirects are bad practice, so it's best to remove them whenever possible. To find them, crawl your site with Ahrefs' Site Audit and check the Internal pages report. Look for "Meta refresh redirect" errors. Replace with 301 or 302 redirects whenever possible. If not, check for the presence of the canonical tag and make sure you are referring to the canonical version of the page.
What about Meta keywords? There is also an article that says to write a list of target keywords in the meta keywords tag. This is pointless and potentially bad advice.
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