Link rel ?

[Awakened-Soulja]

1. Go to http://www.thehostmarket.com/viewtopic.php?t=341
2. Left click on the page and click "View Page Source"

Then all my boards show up in "link rel" as shown below. Is it a good thing for SEO, or bad? How can i improve it? Will search engines see it as duplicates as thats what it shows in every topic? I need advice A.S.A.P

<link rel="prev" href="viewtopic.php?t=374&view=previous" title="View previous topic" />
<link rel="next" href="viewtopic.php?t=374&view=next" title="View next topic" />
<link rel="up" href="viewforum.php?f=25" title="Feedback & Suggestions" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=2" title="Free Web Hosting - Offers" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=55" title="Request" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=71" title="Paid Web Hosting - Offers" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=72" title="Request" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=14" title="Reseller/Server Hosting - Offers" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=54" title="Request" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=73" title="Special Offers/Coupons" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=93" title="Shared Hosting Coupons" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=94" title="Reseller Hosting Coupons" />

<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=95" title="Server Hosting Coupons" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=96" title="Domain Name Coupons" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=97" title="Other Hosting Coupons" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=91" title="Web Hosting" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=56" title="Web Hosting Discussion" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=57" title="Web Hosting Companies" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=82" title="Design and Development" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=47" title="Web Design Discussion" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=49" title="Web Design Reviews" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=48" title="Website Development" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=50" title="Programming & Scripting" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=51" title="Search Engine & Website Promotion" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=83" title="Domain Names" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=41" title="Domain Discussion" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=43" title="Domain Newbies" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=44" title="Domain Appraisals" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=46" title="Legal Issues & Disputes" />

<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=84" title="Making Money" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=87" title="Business Development" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=86" title="Marketing Techniques" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=88" title="PPC / CPC / CPM Programs" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=85" title="Affiliate Talk" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=58" title="Buy, Sell and Trade" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=59" title="Websites For Sale" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=60" title="Domain Names For Sale" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=62" title="Services / Jobs" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=70" title="Exchange Links/Posts" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=74" title="Buy and Sell Advertising Space" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=63" title="THM$ Sales and Auctions" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=64" title="THM$ Incentives" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=69" title="Contests" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=66" title="Advertisements & Offers" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=68" title="Discussions & Forums" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=89" title="Search Engines & Promotion" />

<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=67" title="Utilities / Tools" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=90" title="Misc Sites" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=9" title="News & Announcements" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=25" title="Feedback & Suggestions" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=19" title="General Discussion" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=12" title="Greetings & Salutations" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=80" title="World & Personal Talk" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=77" title="Movies & TV" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=76" title="Music Box" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=75" title="Gaming" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=79" title="Books" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=78" title="Forum Games" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=98" title="Site of the Month" />
<link rel="chapter forum" href="viewforum.php?f=99" title="Entry's" />

Thankyou

 

[JYM]

I think it's most probably a good thing. In addition to having the names of the boards and the keywords in your <body>, you also have the <link rel=""> in your header, which should theoretically make it much better in terms of SEO.

They are defining boards, (or chapters, which is a rel value) so it organizes the forum nicely.

 

[Zubair1]

Umm, I'm not quite sure about this but just a week ago i was reading something on this
But i also think that its a good thing to do so, you can learn more about it at : http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html

Regards,

 

[DylanButler]

On a brief look over, I figured it couldn't hurt to have those in there for certain user agents to be more effective. At the same time, that's a lot of meta information to be cramming your page with, and that's why they made google sitemaps. Although there are plenty of other search engines, I think it is important to keep your eye on the prize and remember that it is usually very worth the work once you get that google listing. Also, great read by Zubair, rep added.

Hope this helps.

 

[alanpaladka]

Even I was wondering why they are using it? But how will they work?