Pagination signals
rel="next" and rel="prev" links let an agent work through a paginated archive instead of stopping at page one.
- Category
- Agent experience
- Standard
- Emerging checkEmerging
- Off by default, turn on in settings
Who supports it
No agent or browser has announced support yet.
27 others: no evidence yet. See every agent and browser
What it checks
The extension reads the rendered page’s <link> elements for rel="next" or
rel="prev".
When neither is present, it checks whether the page is paginated at all before
offering advice. It counts the page as paginated if it links to URLs such as
?page=2, /page/2 or /p/2, has links whose text is a page number above 1,
or has links reading “Next”, “Previous”, “Older posts”, “Newer entries” and
similar.
Results
| Status | When |
|---|---|
| Pass | The page declares rel="next", rel="prev", or both |
| N/A | The page is not paginated, or it is paginated but declares neither link (a recommendation is shown in that case) |
| Unmeasured | The extension could not read the page (open it in the active tab) |
Because this is a bonus check, a paginated page without the links is not marked down; it is reported as N/A with the pagination links that were found.
How to fix
On each page of a paginated archive, add links to the neighbouring pages in the
<head>:
<!-- On /blog/page/2 -->
<link rel="prev" href="https://example.com/blog/" />
<link rel="next" href="https://example.com/blog/page/3" />Leave out prev on the first page and next on the last.
Support by agent and browser
Announced means the vendor’s own docs or announcement say so. Published is the date on the vendor’s own page, where it has one. Checked is the last time our weekly research found that page still saying so.
No agent or browser has announced anything about this yet.
No evidence yet27
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Gemini
- Perplexity
- Copilot
- Meta AI
- ChatGPT Atlas
- Comet
- Dia
- Gemini in Chrome
- Edge Copilot Mode
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Codex
- GitHub Copilot
- Windsurf
- CCBot
- Applebot
- Amazonbot
- Bytespider
- Cohere
- Mistral
- DuckAssist
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Safari
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Adoption on the top 100 sites
0 of 99 measured sites implement it
Overview
How this rating is worked out3 of 9 points
| Factor | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor support | 0 / 3 | 0 vendors supporting, 0 partly or planned |
| Top-100 adoption | 0 / 3 | 0% of measured sites |
| Spec maturity | 3 / 3 | Published standard |
8 or more points is Established, 5 to 7 is Gaining traction, 2 to 4 is Speculative and under 2 is Stalled. A feature is also Stalled when more vendors have said no than yes. Read the spec.
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