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If I've ever worked on your PHPmotion V2 site, chances are that I recommended the Ultimate SEO Pack from FunkyCode.net (still do, by the way!).  The catch is that if and when you are ready to upgrade to PHPmotion V3, you'll be faced with some seo issues to consider.  Same situation, to some extent, even without the seo pack.  See these posts on the PHPmotion forum for a little insight into what people are running into:

• Read this if you want to upgrade a popular website from v2 to v3.
• 80% traffic lost

Also check out Ben's warning post on his blog:

• Don’t upgrade to PHPmotion V3 just yet!

To help minimize any negative effects resulting from the new urls in V3, Ben has put together a redirection kit for SEO Pack users!  The installation is a snap, and it'll save you a lot of grief when it comes to Google and other search engines dropping your currently indexed links.  It's best to apply this patch immediately after upgrading, so the search engines don't have a chance to spider your site first.

The kit is available (with instructions) here: http://moulincreatif.com/blog/phpmotion/seo-pack-v2-v3-upgrade-kit/