WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Whats a pingback?? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Whats a pingback?? en Sun, 26 May 2013 00:44:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123540 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:54:08 +0000 timethief 123540@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome and happy blogging. :)

]]> seiryuulostmymusic on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123461 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:53:50 +0000 seiryuulostmymusic 123461@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ oh ok i get it now. thx guys =]

]]> justjennifer on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123406 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:00:34 +0000 justjennifer 123406@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ (Eventually I'll understand the difference between a pingback and a backtrack, but by that time I'll be old and gray.

Oh, wait a minute, I already am old and gray!) :D

]]> membracid on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123351 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:21:11 +0000 membracid 123351@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Personally, I find pingbacks are really nice to have (since it sounds like you're new :)

Not only can I see who has linked to me, but often I find that when people "steal" my content, they scoop all the links--which then notify me of the theft via pingback.

You can also choose to delete the pingbacks in the comments, if you want the notification, but don't want them to display.

]]> timethief on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123239 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:24:59 +0000 timethief 123239@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @museeditons
We can set each and every post to pingback or not as we choose. Moreover, we can stop self-pingbacks this way too and the same applies to trackbacks http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/04/23/can-i-stop-self-pings/

]]> justjennifer on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123151 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:57:59 +0000 justjennifer 123151@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ And can be a handy way for your readers to see that there's new information available on a topic. If you don't want pingbacks to your own posts to happen, then write out a relative URI and not an absolute URI.

http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/04/23/can-i-stop-self-pings/

]]> museditions on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123149 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:50:30 +0000 museditions 123149@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It does that anytime a post is linked to another post--even your own.

]]> seiryuulostmymusic on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123132 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:32:30 +0000 seiryuulostmymusic 123132@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ oh but i didn't link to other people. i only linked my own post to another one of my post. it still has a pingback and this is even shown on "recent comments" widget. how come??

]]> thesacredpath on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123122 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:34:07 +0000 thesacredpath 123122@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My search for "pingback" in the FAQ brought back several hits in the forums and in the FAQ:

http://faq.wordpress.com/?s=pingback

Basically when you link to someone in a post, when you publish it a "ping" is sent out to the other site letting them know you have linked to them in a post. Their site then visits your site to verify the ping and when it finds it, it leaves a pingback.

]]> seiryuulostmymusic on "Whats a pingback??" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/whats-a-pingback#post-123121 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:25:48 +0000 seiryuulostmymusic 123121@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ oh i posted something in my blog and when i go to the dashboard, there is this thing that says "pingback:....". what is that??

]]>