Best practices with reoccurring event listings
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On our client's events page there are a few reoccurring events that each have their own detail page. I'm trying to figure out what's the best practice for minimising duplicate content.
For example, for the Bribie Island Markets that repeat weekly there are 2 (+more) detailed event pages:
http://www.ourbribie.com/e/bribie-island-markets/1869/2013-12-07/2013-12-07
http://www.ourbribie.com/e/bribie-island-markets/1869/2013-12-14/2013-12-14While they both contain duplicated content, they're unique in that they display the specific events date/time.
My thinking is that the future events (e.g. 2013-12-14) should have a canonical link to the upcoming/next event (i.e. 2013-12-07). However this would require constantly updating/changing the canonical links.
What's the best way to deal with this from a duplicate content prospective? Any better recommendations?
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You already mentioned what I would do:
"Set-up canonical links on all date specific pages On each /events/event-name/id/date page, set-up the canonical link to point back to the newly created /events/event-name page."
I think that would be the best practice.
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Actually, having written the problem down. Would the solution be to:
Leave the /events page mostly alone Make no changes here, however change every reoccurring event to link to the new page below.
Create /events/event-name pages That display the events information, and for reoccurring events a list of the next 5 dates that link to the specific event, e.g. /events/event-name/id/date
Set-up canonical links on all date specific pages On each /events/event-name/id/date page, set-up the canonical link to point back to the newly created /events/event-name page.
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