Expired urls

[cottamg]

For a large jobs site, what would be the best way to handle job adverts that are no longer available?

Ideas that I have include:

1. Keep the url live with the original content and display current similar job vacancies below - this has the advantage of continually growing the number of indexed pages.

2. 301 redirect old pages to parent categories - this has the advantage of concentrating any acquired link juice where it is most needed.

Your thoughts much appreciated.

[FRUTIKO]

Hello there,

just read the blog post http://moz.com/blog/how-should-you-handle-expired-content.

Ur answer is inside we believe. Hope it helps!

Frutiko Team

[ChristopherGlaeser]

I have a job site for a tiny niche.  It's a free service that is related to a software app that I license.  I decided early on to leave all the job postings because even after the jobs close, it gives job seekers valuable data on the companies that hire in that niche.  If this was a large generic job site I think the stale job listings would not be that useful for job seekers and I'd probably use a 301.  In other words, my decision would be based on what I thought was most useful for the users.

Best,
Christopher