Why do my own links back become "comments"?

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  greenboatdesign · Member · May 21, 2013 at 2:30 pm

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  When I link back to a previous post in my blog, it is listed as a “comment.” How can I stop this?

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  jackiedana · Member · May 21, 2013 at 5:06 pm

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  Hi there,

  Can you post an example for when this happens, and describe exactly what is happening? Does this happen when you’re writing a post or after it’s published?

  When I click on links in your posts that direct to previous blog posts, everything seems to be working okay (such as clicking on “Puppet Parade” in http://glendablake.com/2013/04/16/unlikely-dance-entry-hall-in-progress/ ), so I’m not sure I understand what you might be seeing.

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  greenboatdesign · Member · May 21, 2013 at 5:21 pm

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  Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! It happens when I publish a new post containing a link back to a previous post or a static page — the link works fine, but I get notification (via email, WordPress Mobile, and the upper-right corner comment icon) that I’ve received a comment from the post I referenced, and they end up awaiting approval/trash/spam decisions on my Comments log.

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  jackiedana · Member · May 21, 2013 at 7:35 pm

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  Hi there,

  Aha! What you are referring to is called a “pingback”, which is a notification when a blog (including your own) links back to your blog.

  For more information on how these work, and more importantly for you, how to disable them, please see:

  Pingbacks

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  greenboatdesign · Member · May 21, 2013 at 9:52 pm

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  Thanks so much!