Here's a dash of Google sense that applies to everyone, every where who cares about search engine optimization. Page rank is well known as a significant factor for search results optimization. Its also well know that there are other significant factors, some claim up to 100 of them.
One of these factors is the domain name and another one is the request path. Optimizing the request path matters. How much it matters, I do not pretend to know, but my guess is that it is one of the top 20 factors.
The quick tip here is that when constructing directory and file names, it is a good idea to use relevant and useful keywords.