# What is redirection?

### Redirecting the current page to a new page.

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### Why do you need redirection?

* To redirect to the new URL when a page's URL changes
* To redirect an invalid subdomain to another domain
* To redirect to another page for log-in or authentication purposes

### There are two types of redirections as follows:

* **Redirection 301**

      \- Redirect immediately without processing any server-side or client-side code

* **Redirection 302**

     \- Redirect temporarily using a script or html tag


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