What the Hell is a TrackBack?

I wrote a post for Darren's beginners series on TrackBacks: Summary: TrackBacks automate the interlinking of blog posts, but often don't contribute to search engine ranking. TrackBacks are notoriously difficult to explain and is an exercise that makes a great judge of the skill of any self-described ‘blogging expert.' So here I go! You get comments right? Easy enough. You write a post on your blog. Someone reads it and thinks you're either sliced bread or vile ooze and comments accordingly. Just like having a mini-guestbook for each post. What if I want to leave a comment about your blog post on my blog? That's where TrackBacks come in. Read my full explanation...
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  1. Wendy Maynard

    Andy,

    I have been blogging for a while now and the trackback explanations that I found were just not that helpful.Thanks so much for finally breaking down trackbacks in easy-to-understand language.

    Best, Wendy Maynard
    Kinetic Ideas: A Marketing Blog
    (http://www.wendy.kinesisinc.com)

    03/10/2006 at 1:09 PM
  2. Tea

    When my comments kept disappearing, I got suspiscious....has trackback got something to do with it? Apparently not...

    10/19/2006 at 1:34 AM