Cloaked redirection v meta-refresh

redirection techniques safe in Google?

[sparky]

I have a page that is currently fairly well indexed on Google but I have to transfer the content to a new URL. However, I still have control of the old URL.

What I'd like to know is:

If I used 'cloaked' web redirection (i.e. a single frame frameset containing a link to new URL) on the old URL, to take visitors to the new URL, will Google spider through and re-index the content on the new URL?

Alternatively, I could use a straightforward meta-refresh tag, but again, can anyone reassure me that Google will re-spider the new URL from the old one?

Most importantly: would any of this require going through the whole process of taking weeks to build new rankings etc?

[Krapulator]

Use Error 301's.

[sparky]

I thought that only worked in unix

I need redirection for (as an example):

www.mydomain_1/folder/filename_1.html (on an NT4 server)

to

www.mydomain_2/folder/filename_2.html (on a Win2K server)

without losing my index and ranking in Google, and other SE's for that matter.

I'd still like to know if Google will spider through and re-index the content on the new URL using a meta-tag refresh or cloaked redirection?

I'm a total novice at this, and any help would be appreciated. Many thanks.

[jdMorgan]

sparky,

I think the title of your thread has hurt your response rate - Redirection is not neccessarily cloaking, and specifying your server up front helps, too.

I'm an Apache-person, but I found a (hopefully) good starting place for you using WebmasterWorld site search. Try this thread and follow the links in it:

[webmasterworld.com...]

HTH,
Jim