Google Sites - HTML Links now support the Rich Snippet Markups: rel="author"/ rel="publisher" and rel="me" .
Link Html
Create a Hyperlink or Link directly in Google Sites using the WYSIWYG menu bar. when creating a link, Google Sites provides various options to link existing page / image/ search for pages/recently edited pages , link to an external website or a Google Apps Script.
Link Html Example
<a href="http://www.goopal.org">Link</a>
Google Sites Link HTML Code
Google Sites filters the link HTML code, even when html is edited manually.
Use the rel="nofollow" for external Links on your Google Site .
<a href="http://www.goopal.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Link</a>
Google Sites Creates an Additional href attribute for the link tag.
Other Attributes:
<a href="http://www.goopal.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Goopal">Link</a>
Rich Snippet Markup
More recently used attributes include
rel="author" for social networking and Rich Snippets in search engine results.
For a page you would like to show Google Plus Rich Snippet.
Include the following rel="author" attribute in a link to your Google Sites contact or about webpage.
Then, Use rel="me" to link to your Google Plus page from your Google Sites contact or about webpage.
Once you have tested your Rich Snippet is visible with the Testing tool above. It may take up to 2 weeks to appear in Google SERPs [Search Engine Results Pages] and Google CSE [Custom Search Engines].
Do NOT link directly to Google Plus from your Homepage/ Main webpage .
