Meta tag redirect and google

Is this method effective?

[the_bob]

I recently mirrored a site from a free website service (Angelfire) to a domain that I own.

Preparing for the next crawl, I deleted all but the index page and I added a meta tag redirect (<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="10; URL=http://www.mysite.com">) to it.

Will the Google bot see the meta tag and be redirected to the new URL or is this method ineffective?

[Ally_Cat]

Try doing a site search here for "meta redirect google" or something similar, and you'll find tons of good info about google friendly redirecting. Good luck!

[the_bob]

Thanks

Not only is it ineffective, its considered spam by google.

Will not make that mistake again

[vincevincevince]

We often see queries here about redirects from free services where access to .htaccess or something more powerful than HTML is just not possible. I have yet to see any response to these queries able to pass on the old PR. I would be most interested in finding out if there is one? Until then, I recommend writing "This page has moved" with your new link, and have the META tag for no-index, so that the old page drops from Google's index.

Do people agree?