In general, 301 aren't bad unless you have a whole string of them. For instance if a 301 redirected to another 301, then another, etc... If 301's are shallow they usually do not present a problem.

I don't think this would come across as cloaking at all. It's a fairly common practice.

I was just about to add a reply to my previous post to say the same thing. You are always so articulate, EGOL, it's truly impressive.

Actually a 301 (permanent) redirect does pass the "link juice" along to the new site. I've done it several times and it always works.

I'll be on vacation (not to be confused with MOZcation). I'm making a point of going to one of the SEOmoz functions soon!

I like the Hybrid approach. Much more dynamic.