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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T13:28:40+00:00 2026-05-13T13:28:40+00:00

Are there technological benefits when presenting a download page that gives a message like

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Are there technological benefits when presenting a “download page” that gives a message like the following?

Your download should automatically
begin in a few seconds, but if not,
click here.

Is there some bandwidth or server efficiencies with this? Or is it for the benefit of the user somehow? Why not just have your download link href’s go straight to the url of the download?

Example page (one of a billion)

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    2026-05-13T13:28:41+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 1:28 pm
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    • SEO benefits, you minimize the links to non html pages of your source page
    • you can present similar downloaded products …
    • time for your Content Delivery Network to cache the download, if you point the user to a file not-yet-cached by the CDN
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