Am I understanding cloaking correctly?

[SpyderWeb]

Question1:
Am I understanding cloaking correctly, as shown below?

I have my primary web site, Widgets.com on web host A.
I develop a well keyword density page designed to rank well.
I want to protect this page from page jacking; preventing competitors from using my hard work or devaluing my work by reposting/duplicate posting.
So, I create a second website, Widgets123.com on web host B (on a different web host entirely).
Using ASP script I ask the bots to only see a cloaked page (the well developed keyword page designed to rank well).
Within the same script, I send the human viewers; via a redirect, to my primary web site, Widgets.com on web host A.

Question2:
Do SE follow their links to the final destination page, making the redirect risky or ineffective?

Question3:
If not correct, how can I protect myself from page jacking without placing cloaking code on my primary site?

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I am initially only considering using a PPC engine for results.
This inquire is just an education aside of future potentials.
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[volatilegx]

You are mostly correct, except that most cloaking scripts do not use a redirect to display the "human version" of the page. Instead, the script usually acts as a sort of a proxy. The script will make a HTTP request to widgets.com and grab the page, then output it under the URL of the cloaked page.

Question2:
Do SE follow their links to the final destination page, making the redirect risky or ineffective?

Not if done correctly. You shouldn't use a redirect. Also, remember that search engines aren't being redirected.

Question3:
If not correct, how can I protect myself from page jacking without placing cloaking code on my primary site?

Defend your copyright by hiring a lawyer and prosecuting the theft.

[SpyderWeb]

>>>The script will make a HTTP request to widgets.com and grab the page, then output it under the URL of the cloaked page. <<<
This is for real?
The address bar will show the cloaked sites URL “widget123.com” for the uncloaked sites’ content of “widget.com”. Fascinating. I’ll need to think about & research this one.

>>>script will make a HTTP request<<<
I imagine examples on how to make a ASP HTTP request script are all over the net.

<off topic>
Cloaking
Sandbox
Hilltop
IBLN’s
Links
Optimized pages

Any other important subjects a budding SEO would need to know?
(Please sticky mail me if subject may not be on topic.)
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[volatilegx]

Check out some of the other forums here at WebmasterWorld. You'll find a treasure trove of info about the topics you listed :)