404 redirect

On my sites I use meta refresh codes for 403/404 errors so if a page doesnt exisit it gets fowarded to my main page, the code being

<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://www.myurl.com">

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Code (markup):

Is this ok for search engines?

 

Hey

Try this link

Link for error document

 

from a user experience perspective I don´t think that´s the wise thing to do.
Instead let the user know that the document/article etc. he's looking for no longer exists or resides at that place.
offer the visitor other possibilities based on his search query or page requested...

 

Ok, but for search engines is it ok to do?

 

No. Use a server side redirect.