HTML5 adds a new link type relationship: rel=author. This allows you to point to author pages from articles and tell Google and other search engines who the author is. This could help reduce copyright infringement and identify spammers and scrapers more easily. And it will also help search engines identify specific authors more directly. Learn how to use the HTML5 rel=author attribute to improve your articles.

Read the full article: Rel=author Authorship Markup in HTML5

Learn More About the Rel Attribute and Link Element

• The rel Attribute
• Rel nofollow - What does this mean?
• What is the LINK Element For?

Authorship, HTML5, and the Rel Attribute originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Monday, June 13th, 2011 at 02:41:23.

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