This MAJOR issue has been talked about before...

http://community.infopop.net/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=729094322&f=2311048&m=41210641463&r=41210641463#41210641463

...but it does not appear to be in the "Feature Requests" forum and I don't want it to get lost in the shuffle.

I can not even get my forums to come up in Google period. I gave up, even though my own domain WEB site is rated number 1 or 2 with the most relevant search terms.

This is being addressed in 1.2

Check the URLs here

Google has had evedev.com indexed for a couple of months now. In Eve 1.2 changes were made to make the URLs more search-engine friendly, so that Google and other engines will pick up your content easier.

I see the new url's here.

will the old ones still work fine at the same time? (I'm thinking bookmarks)

http://community.infopop.net/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&f=32010334563&m=13410621763

So very simple to just try it

Yes, as Magus` indicated, the old URLs still work, so you don't need to worry about backwards compatibility.

impressive