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title: "me · Link relation · zhead"
canonical_url: "https://zhead.dev/link/me"
last_updated: "2026-08-19T02:35:55.759Z"
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  description: "Links to another page that represents the same person or identity as the current page."
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Link

# me

Links to another page that represents the same person or identity as the current page.

## Code examples

Good example

```
<link rel="me" href="https://social.example/@ada">
```

Connects a personal page to another profile for the same person.

Avoid this example

```
<link rel="me" href="/authors/guest-writer">
```

Points to a different person. Use rel="author" when the target identifies the page's author.

## Recommendations

- 01 Use it only for the same identity A social profile, personal domain, or profile page is suitable only when it represents the same person as the current page.
- 02 Reciprocal links can prove control Some IndieWeb tools verify identity by finding rel="me" links in both directions. The relation alone does not prove control of the target account.

## Related documentation

- [microformats.org: Rel Me](https://microformats.org/wiki/rel-me)
- [IANA: Link Relations](https://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml)