does google penalize for................

[spacedog]

redirecting pages?

I just changed one of my sites & all the pages are indexed, so, If I redirect the old pages to the index page, does google penalize for this, or should I just put up a page saying the page you are looking for has moved, please click here.

[bringer]

301 redirect

[baddog]

301 redirect

what he said

[sfera]

301 w. htaccess?

[Fizzgig]

Send a personal letter to all your visitors explaining the need to move the page.

[davethetruth]

I have two domains that redirect to the sponsor that just got listed on google. Now I'm getting around 50 clicks a day for nothing! Hahaha!