Is HTML redirect SE Friendly

found this and thought hmmm!

[ska_demon]

Without giving anything away has anyone used HTML redirects to serve users different pages than the SE lists.
I was thinking of using
<meta http-equiv="Refresh"content=";url=http://www.myamazingaffiliate site.com"; />
I don't like using javascript on my pages so i was looking for something different.
Does anyone think this would get me penalised or banned etc.
My concerns with google listings are minimal as i get a lot of traffic from other SE's

thanks for your time

ska_demon

[korkus2000]

So are you trying to cloak by using the meta refresh?

[ska_demon]

With regret I must admit yes, I will be creating optimized pages that redirect to 10 or 15 pages that the end user will see. I am new to affiliate marketing and need to learn. I have had a lot of success with java redirects but am relying on all se's except google. My java pages do well in google but tend to appear/disappear month to month. I suppose I don't mind telling you as this technique is old hat. I don't want to get into true cloaking as it kind of conflicts with my morals but you'll appreciate there are a lot of cunning affiliates that are difficult to compete with.
thanks
ska_demon

[Shawn Collins]

>> I don't want to get into true cloaking as it kind of conflicts with my morals

While it could certainly be used for nefarious means, it's quite common for affiliate marketers to redirect simply to shorten links for text newsletters, e-mail sigs, etc.