What is meant by the rel="bookmark" link attribute?

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Prabhu M picture Prabhu M · May 10, 2010 · Viewed 33.5k times · Source

What is the purpose of the rel="bookmark" attribute in <a> tags? For example:

<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask" rel="bookmark">Click Here</a>

Does it serve any SEO- or SEM-related purpose?

Answer

geoff picture geoff · May 10, 2010

This has no SEO value or purpose. I believe the rel=bookmark tag was intended to mark permalinks but it never really gained traction

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