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1. rebekahstudio
   Member
   Jul 9, 2011, 10:36 AM

   Rarely have I received pingbacks, except my own. In the past week I received one from an inactive blog, and one from a 2008 blog. In my opinion, neither had much relevance to what I posted. Do you know if this is related to the automatically generated similar posts by WordPress at the end of my blog post that I never see (but other viewers do see)? Is this something of concern, or should I just continue to ignore an delete them? How does this happen? Thank you.

   The blog I need help with is rebekahstudio.wordpress.com.

2. rebekahstudio
   Member
   Jul 9, 2011, 5:06 PM

   Anyone? I know what a pingback is. Is this spam and how did it get in?

3. timethief
   Member
   Jul 9, 2011, 5:12 PM

   Pingbacks occur when another site links to content in your site.
   http://en.support.wordpress.com/pingbacks/
   If you do not find any value in the site that's linking to yours, and/or is it appears to be a splog (spam blog) or has links to bad neighborhood sites, and/or if you do not believe that posting the pingback will result in sending your readers to another high quality site then delete the pingback.

4. rebekahstudio
   Member
   Jul 9, 2011, 5:22 PM

   Thank you. I did read your articles.

5. timethief
   Member
   Jul 9, 2011, 9:33 PM

   I operate of the when in doubt about any pingback or comment don't approve it principal. You're welcome and best wishes with your blog. :)

   P.S. Your blog is looking good and I love your landscape paintings. :)

6. rebekahstudio
   Member
   Jul 10, 2011, 1:16 AM

   Now I know what to do.
   Thanks for the compliment about my blog, TT.

7. timethief
   Member
   Jul 10, 2011, 1:17 AM

   You're welcome. Your paintings are fabulous. :)

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