Respect self referencing meta refresh

Dan Sharp

Posted 19 November, 2018 by in

Respect self referencing meta refresh

Configuration > Spider > Advanced > Respect Self Referencing Meta Refresh

You can disable the ‘Respect Self Referencing Meta Refresh’ configuration to stop self referencing meta refresh URLs being considered as ‘non-indexable’.

It’s fairly common for sites to have a self referencing meta refresh for various reasons, and generally this doesn’t impact indexing of the page. However, it should be investigated further, as it’s redirecting to itself, and this is why it’s flagged as ‘non-indexable’.


Dan Sharp is founder & Director of Screaming Frog. He has developed search strategies for a variety of clients from international brands to small and medium-sized businesses and designed and managed the build of the innovative SEO Spider software.

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