Use of "Rel" Attribute in Links -- Good Idea?

Hi --
I was reading about various SEO methods recently and came
across several
pages which advocate the use of the "Rel" attribute on a
hyperlink. The idea
being that the "Rel" may influence how a search engine views
a link and
possibly help with ranking. For example: <a
href="help.html" rel="Help">
need help?</a>.
Sounds like a good idea, but the more I read the confused I
became. A Danny
Sullivan article about use of the attribute "nofollow" used
by major search
engines made sense. It was the other article I read which
used all
different types of attributes that confused me such as
rel="met colleague",
rel="alternate". Is there someplace I can go to find a list
of widely
accepted attributes?
Anyone have any experience with this?
John

Thanks, Joe. Yep, the source is the best place to start.
Should have
thought of that myself.
I suspect you're assessment is correct...won't hurt, might
help.
Thanks again.
John
"Joe Makowiec" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]..
> On 02 Apr 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Tarvardian
wrote:
>
>> Is there someplace I can go to find a list of widely
>> accepted attributes?
>
> How 'bout the source?
>
>
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#adef-rel
>
> Note that it has a set of defined values:
>
>
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-links
>
> In looking over the documentation, and given my
understanding of the way
> things work in the here and now, I suspect that it's one
of those "Won't
> hurt, might help" kind of things.
>
> --
> Joe Makowiec
>
http://makowiec.net/
> Email:
http://makowiec.net/contact.php

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