What is a Ping Back?

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  tomhorne1900 · Member · Sep 24, 2012 at 4:56 pm

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  I keep getting “pingbacks” sent to me to “edit” or delete…and they just seem to be an entire reiteration of the blog itself. What is a pingback and how do I stop getting them?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2012 at 5:01 pm

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  Hello there,
  The home of all support documentation is here http://en.support.wordpress.com
  pingbacks > http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/
  stop self pings > http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/#can-i-stop-self-pings
  disabling pingbacks > http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/#disabling-pingbacks

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  tomhorne1900 · Member · Sep 24, 2012 at 5:07 pm

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  Thanks, I get it now. Very quick response and very informative!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 24, 2012 at 5:16 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog. :)