ok karen what is the best way to change the name of the pages with out losing traffic and causing duplicate content?


are these the steps to doing it..

1 republish the pages under new names..
2 create a 301 redirect from the old pages to the new ones.
3 delete the old ones


or

1 republish the pages under new names..
2 use this code on the old pages and leave them balnk and dont delete them
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=http://www.site.com/new.php">


Which way do you think will that be the most effective way and safest way so i dont hurt my serps?

thanks