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How to prevent 404's from a job board ?
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I have a new client with a job listing board on their site.
I am getting a bunch of 404 errors as they delete the filled jobs.
Question:
Should we leave the the jobs pages up for extra content and entry points to the site and put a notice like this job has been filled, please search our other job listings ?
Or should I no index - no follow these pages ?
Or any other suggestions - it is an employment agency site.
Overall what would be the best practice going forward - we are looking at probably 20 jobs / pages per month.
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Thank you Brad,
There are a few options and before I choose I wanted to get some feedback from some Seo pro's like yourself as you never know when I may learn something new or find a better solution to the things I do.
I def. do not want all those 404's on the site.
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From my understanding it's pretty rare to keep old jobs on an employment agency site?
Can't you just redirect each URL to a similar job, job category or other relevant section on the site? Better than getting a heap of 404s!
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