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Originally Posted by Kerry-Anne
Plus, if you are indexed already, then all your content will be double indexed which could actually have a negative effect on your SE Rankings in the long term.
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All old urls are redirected with 301 redirects, so this isn't an issue.
As for the keywords in URLs, many people have said that it doesn't help, but I have found that it really does. Here's just one example:
Google Search for "vancosport":
vancosport - Google Search
His profile on my cbrxx.com site is second only to his own site. And my site ranks above all the other forums where he is a member, some of them where he has been a member for YEARS. He's only been a member on my site for about 2 months, and his profile on my site has ranked in that location since about a week after he joined.