Canonical URLs on location based offers

[alekaj]

hello world.

i offer first aid courses in different locations in switzerland. now i'm not sure if i have to make the single registration pages rel="canonical" or not.

example:
location 1 -> course list @ Nothelferkurse Thun
location 2 -> course list @ Nothelferkurse Bern

the content is almost the same. how do i have to handle with it?

thanks for your help!

[crackingmedia]

Hi Arben

Google's definition of a canonical page is "the preferred version of a set of pages with highly similar content". (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139394?hl=en)

Looking at the two pages you have linked to I don't think they fall into the category of having "highly similar content".

Similar content isn't just defined as what is the same textually but also functionally. These two pages serve different user needs to find first aid courses in two different locations. To my mind that makes them different.

I hope that helps,
Peter

[alekaj]

Thanks Peter!