After implementing more prominent messaging for closed job adverts and disabling the apply button, there’s an additional issue to address. Currently, closed job adverts remain visible in Google search results, which is causing clutter and inflating the number of indexed pages in the search console.

While closed adverts are intentionally kept accessible for up to two weeks post-closing to assist candidates, it's proposed that these pages automatically (or manually on a monthly basis) receive a "no index, no follow" tag after 30 days. This change would ensure Google stops crawling these pages, reducing outdated search results and improving SEO performance.

Some related work has already been completed, such as disabling apply functionality and indexing on expired application pages. The suggestion is to expand this behaviour to the job description pages of expired adverts, applying the "no index, no follow" tag 30 days after expiry.