lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
index 096bff9d5c10c3850d1ba7bbb2c3329e487639de..d433726fb8d624506fa423bb3b2fd6f589566fa7 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ 	my $first = $state->{first};
 	my $anchor = $state->{anchor_idx};
 
 	if ($last) {
-		$next = qq!<a\nhref="?$param=$last">next</a>!;
+		$next = qq!<a\nhref="?$param=$last"\nrel=next>next</a>!;
 	}
 	if ($old_r) {
 		$head = $cgi->path_info;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 177a1a6f4cc0b10e786b003eebae59a257b1623c..63810dcbcaca74d81e45dedb1ab4c4e112381c4f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -513,12 +513,12 @@ 		my $next = $ctx->{next_msg};
 		if ($p) {
 			$p = PublicInbox::Hval->new_msgid($p);
 			$p = $p->as_href;
-			$irt = "<a\nhref=\"$upfx$p/\">parent</a> ";
+			$irt = "<a\nhref=\"$upfx$p/\"rel=prev>parent</a> ";
 		} else {
 			$irt = ' ' x length('parent ');
 		}
 		if ($next) {
-			$irt .= "<a\nhref=\"$upfx$next/\">next</a> ";
+			$irt .= "<a\nhref=\"$upfx$next/\"\nrel=next>next</a> ";
 		} else {
 			$irt .= ' ' x length('next ');
 		}