GodLikeLotus - 10:35 pm on Feb 12, 2013 (gmt 0)

Thanks for some of the advice here. I am more than a little concerned about the URL's. Over the years we have been linked to by many good quality web sites, however the URL's look something like this:

domain.com/article-directories/blue-widgets.html

It has been suggested to us that we have a custom built Wordpress template designed, and then we gradually move the content over. Can the URL's be kept the same or do we need to set-up 100's of re-directs?

I find the thought of moving everything quite nerve-racking.

I am well aware that the outcome could be disastrous if done wrong, or we upset the Google machine, but I just don't know what to do.

For years we have stuck with the idea of having the best site within our niche, which we have done and continue to do. But we still create and publish new articles using very old html.