Akismet & Topsy.com?

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  starrygirl1 · Member · May 20, 2010 at 9:43 pm

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  Akismet said I had a spam comment – showed a trackback/ping via Topsy.com. What is Topsy.com and was it really spam?

  (I’m still trying to figure out what exactly trackback / ping means!)

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2010 at 9:45 pm

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  Topsy trackbacks are not spam. Topsy is a search engine powered by tweets and someone with a twitter account tweeted your post. It’s safe to approve and post this trackback.

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  sl1k · Member · May 20, 2010 at 9:46 pm

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  Topsy is a twitter search engine also here is more details about trackbacks Search Results for: trackbacks

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  starrygirl1 · Member · May 20, 2010 at 9:57 pm

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  Thank you both. That was a first and it took a bit to find it!

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  timethief · Member · May 20, 2010 at 10:42 pm

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  You’re welcome and happy blogging. :)