Should we be using (HTML5) rel attributes within site navigation
html, nav, navigation, rel
Solution
Good Question ! To be honest i'm no expert with the rel attribute (so someone correct me if i'm wrong) but from what i can find Google can verify an identity on a web page via the attribute. Such as
`<a rel="me" href="https://plus.google.com/110037486217106671520">Luke Southam</a>`
i know this is off the subject of site navigation but it shows Google is reading and indexing the attribute within the `<a></a>` tag. As for using it within site navigation, if it (possibly) helps Google (or other search engines) to index your website better I say go for it.
Problem
Simply straightforward question, but one for which I cannot find any suggestions. Supported HTML5 values that are appropriate are: - author - first - last - next - prev - help - license (not "licence") Example Navigation consisting of index, about, contact & legal ..from the perspective of the index.html page: - index.html with rel="first" - about.html with rel=author next" - contact.html with rel="help" - legal.html with rel="license last" ...from the perspective of the contact.html page: - index.html with rel="first" - about.html with rel=author prev" - contact.html with rel="help" - legal.html with rel="license next last" I accept that the use of rel in navigation will achieve very little; but it might help Search Engines in some small way. I gave the examples both as a demonstration of how this would work in practise and for critique! Kind Regards, Dale Edits to examples from comments below Navigation consisting of index, about, contact & legal ..from the perspective of the index.html page: - index.html with no rel - about.html with rel=author" - contact.html with rel="help" - legal.html with rel="license" ...from the perspective of the contact.html page: - index.html with no rel - about.html with rel=author" - contact.html with rel="help" - legal.html with rel="license"