Events cancelled/postponed due to COVID19

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  • #535822

    eic2010
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    Hi
    Google has emailed me the following:
    Update your canceled, postponed, or virtual events in Search
    In the current environment and status of COVID-19 around the world, many events are being canceled, postponed, or moved to virtual formats. Google wants to show users the latest, most accurate information about your events in this fast-changing environment, and so we’ve added some new, optional properties to our developer documentation to help. These properties apply to all regions and languages. This is one part of our overall efforts in schema updates needed to support publishers and users. Here are some important tips on keeping Google and users up to date on your events:
    • Add the eventStatus property: Use this property to tell Google that the event has been canceled, postponed, rescheduled, or happening as planned. Learn more.
    • If your event is virtual, specify VirtualLocation for the event location and OnlineEventAttendanceMode for the eventAttendanceMode property.
    • Update Google when your event pages change: Provide a sitemap to Google, and keep the lastmod attributes up to date. If your site host generates your sitemap automatically, it’s taken care of for you.
    We understand this is a very difficult and complex time for everyone. We hope you’ll help us update your events so that we can continue to be helpful and show the most up-to-date information for users. We’ve included resources below to help you get started.
    I have many events which are being cancelled/postponed. How do I implement the eventstatus on my Geodirectory events?
    Thanks in advance for your help!
    Linda

    #535869

    Alex Rollin
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    Thanks for letting us know. The developers are aware of this and looking into it.

    Thanks

    #535941

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    This has been released, please update core and events.
    An accompanying blog post will be published later today.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    #537196

    eic2010
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    Many thanks!

    #537210

    eic2010
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    Sorry just one other thing with regards to this.
    I have an event which was due to part in April which has now been postponed till later in the year. I’ve added the Event Disruption field and selected rescheduled. Do I put the new date in the event date field now or do I wait until after the orginal date has past. I’m still getting people looking for the event and my only concern is that if I change the date to later in the year people wont find it if they are currently looking for events that were due to take place in the immediate future?

    #537334

    Alex Rollin
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    #537775

    eic2010
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    Thanks!

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