How to Update Redirects to Google
Meta refresh redirects let you redirect users from one page to another in your HTML files. After you change the redirects, you can "ping" Google to attempt to instruct the bot to come back and re-index the new code. Google uses "Googlebot" to spider the Web and index different pages. The Googlebot must re-crawl your website to re-index new code changes.
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Instructions
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Right-click the HTML file you want to change, and select "Open With." Double-click the preferred HTML editor installed on your computer.
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Change the meta refresh tag. The tag is at the top of the file. The following code is an example of a meta refresh tag that redirects users to the "home.html" page:
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="5; URL=home.html">
Change the "home.html" file with your new target HTML file.
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Save the file and upload it to your Web host server. Open the file in your browser to verify that the refresh works for your readers.
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Open a new browser tab, and navigate to the "Add URL" Google page. Type the URL for the new HTML file, type the captcha, and click "Add URL."
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Tips & Warnings
It can take a few hours to several days for the Googlebot engine to re-index the new page.
