301 or 404 old Event pages
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I have a site that lists events and then removes them from the site once the date and event has passed.
Is it best to let the old event page 404 or 301 back up to a subfolder that lists the current events?
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Excellent, that reference is just what I needed, thank you!
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Another option would be to use the 'unavailable after meta tag (as mentioned by Matt Cuts here: http://searchengineland.com/googles-matt-cutts-seo-advice-unavailable-e-commerce-products-186882). The discussion is about ecommerce site but the same logic applies for expired events. More info on the tag itself can be found here: http://googleblog.blogspot.nl/2007/07/robots-exclusion-protocol-now-with-even.html
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Hi,
There is an interesting post on this subject on Moz - with all the different strategies you can follow. You can find it here: http://moz.com/blog/how-should-you-handle-expired-content
Hope this helps,
Dirk
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