Traceback etiquette
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Just a quick question about traceback etiquette.
I’ve noticed that lots of referrers (tracebackers) don’t leave a traceback in my posts. I can usually find the tracebackers via Technorati or the referrers section of dashboard. In one of my posts, I have like 30 referrers (found via Technorati and referrers), but only ~3 tracebacks in the post’s comments section.
I was wondering if it is proper netiquette for me to add tracebacks to the referrers via my own comments? I was hoping this would help me keep track of referrers and possibly help any readers learn more about something. Is there any harmful side effects to this technique?
If I add my own traceback/comment, is there a standard that I should follow? I notice that sometimes the username is the referrer’s post title and sometimes its the author, etc.
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If I add my own traceback/comment, is there a standard that I should follow? I notice that sometimes the username is the referrer’s post title and sometimes its the author, etc.
Although these may not be exactly what you are looking for there are two useful “how to” resources on setting up trackbacks and, on how to use trackbacks to get inbound links to your site.
(1) http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/11/how-do-i-send-a-trackback/
(2) video – How to use trackbacks in wordpress to get inbound links to your siteWhen sending a trackback, be mindful of sending a pingback. If the site you’re linking to has pingbacks enabled, be sure not to trackback. You may end up inadvertently posting two links to their site and this may annoy some webmasters, or may even be construed as attempted spamming. http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/11/how-do-i-send-a-ping/
Avoid sending a trackback unless you actually reference or link to the site you’re sending the trackback to, otherwise, it can be considered spam.
I do not use this practice so I’ll leave it to other bloggers to answer your other question:
is proper netiquette for me to add tracebacks to the referrers via my own comments? I was hoping this would help me keep track of referrers and possibly help any readers learn more about something. Is there any harmful side effects to this technique?
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Timethief,
Thanks but thats the opposite of my question. I’m asking about receiving (or mock receiving via my comment) tracebacks and not sending them.
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I thought it was a good idea to post links to the information for how to use trackbacks as they were intended to be used. This will mean that it’s available to other bloggers in the future once this thread goes into the forum searchbox. :)
As I said above I don’t use the practice that you do. So, I’ll leave it to other bloggers to respond to your “reverse trackback use” question.
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They’re your comments. Post what you like in them. Best thing to do is probably make a single comment under your own name containing all the referral links, rather than waste time making a bunch of separate fake trackbacks. Obviously you’d be checking that none of said referrals are spam first :)
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I check every incoming comment/trackback and I frequently find that many are coming from sploggers and some from spammers. I choose to delete them rather than posting them.
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For no reasons I can put my finger on, posting your own incoming links seems a bit marginal. This is only my opinion, based on nothing but my opinion. Nonetheless, it’s something that would make me uncomfortable.
It would be great if WP.com fixed things so that incoming links ALWAYS showed up on the blogs, but in the meantime if Technorati etc are counting the links, re-posting them won’t help you objectively in any way. It will give you an advantage over people who don’t do it, in that more people will click through them and your linkers will be more grateful for those hits than people who link to blogs that don’t do that.
But there is no “don’t do it” law applying to this as far as I know.
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