rel Attribute Meaning
You may see rel attribute in many hyperlinks, it is a HTML attribute that is being used by search engines to ‘understand’ the relationship between target links and the resource on which they appear.
Here’s more info about most popular rel attributes:
| rel attribute | meaning | example |
| nofollow | it signifies to the search engines that the link, you are linking to, should not carry any weight from you. | <a href=”http://www.devtheweb.net” rel=”nofollow”>DevTheWeb.NET</a> |
| tag | it marks that the destination of the hyperlink refers to a tagging system. | <a href=”http://www.devtheweb.net” rel=”tag”>DevTheWeb.NET</a> |
| license | it shows that destination of a hyperlink is a license for the current page. | <a href=”http://www.devtheweb.net” rel=”license”>DevTheWeb.NET</a> |
| enclosure | it shows that the link refers to downloadable format like pdf, video, txt file, etc. | <a href=”http://www.devtheweb.net” rel=”enclosure”>DevTheWeb.NET</a> |
| me | it means that this link leads to another of your profiles on the internet. It is for semantic purposes only. | <a href=”http://www.devtheweb.net” rel=”me”>DevTheWeb.NET</a> |
| external | it is a tag like target=”_blank” and does not effect the page rank or serp | <a href=”http://www.devtheweb.net” rel=”external”>DevTheWeb.NET</a> |
