<script language=javascript><!--
top.location.replace("www.msn.com");
//-->
</script>

is there anything faster than this?

window.location might be marginally quicker in some browsers


server side is much quicker though.

you know the code by chance, sorry i dont know much about javascript i just need it for my site for redirecting on links. thanks in advance

Server side is not javascript.
Server side is php, asp, jsp or any other language interpreted on the server, opposed to javascript, which is a language executed into the client browser.

Server side language cannot interact on the page once loaded, and client side language cannot interact with the server.
Except by making new requests, but no db access, file reading nor writing...

If you want to do a server side redirect, you will need to know which language is supported by your host.
if it's php, a simple

PHP Code:

 header('location:my_new_url.html');
exit(); 


will be enough

and the js is window.location= "url";


You do realise that search engines cannot follow javascript redirects either.

thanks for all your help