title: Should I use <meta name="author" content="Your Name" /> or <link rel="author" href="http://mysite.com/about/" />?
body: <p>In html 5, <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/links.html#link-type-author" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>rel="author"</code></a> is used to link to information about the author of the page. This can be a <code>mailto:</code> address, though it doesn't have to be. It could simply link to a contact form or "about the author" page (I personally wouldn't want to provide email for obvious reason).</p>
  
  <p>Until now, I've been using the <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_meta_name.asp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">meta <code>author</code> attribute</a> to do effectively the same thing—although the advantage of the new html 5 specification is that you can provide more than just a name, but also a link where further information about you is provided.</p>
  
  <p>It seems, based on <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/942575/how-to-search-google-for-meta-name-author">another answer</a> on Stack Overflow, that Google, Yahoo, and MSN do not index the <code>&lt;meta&gt;</code> author tag [<a href="http://www.webmarketingnow.com/tips/meta-tags-meta-author.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a>].  It suspect they don't currently index <code>rel="author"</code> either.</p>
  
  <p>Would it make sense to provide both? Or is it pointless to worry about this at present?</p>