What is trackback and is it abused?

 1) The purpose of TrackBack is to let a site know that you are referencing them on your on site.
2) The TrackBack URL is different than the regular permanent link URL.
3) TrackBacks are fun.  You should use them.

basically It’s a method of reciprocating links and encourages interlinking of related topics on blogs.

In learning to see any smart tips I could find I did find this on one of my favorite sources Aaron Wall’s Site. Aaron was commenting on Trackback search and news he recveived about automated software to do exactly that. The software is basicly a spam tool as it inserts a link in your trackback section through automated process. This tool disquises its automated nature by quoting, commenting or placing psuedo-research from your posts.

Funny point is that Aaron doesnt appear to have a trackback feature on his post, one I could have ethically used right here.

http://www.seobook.com/archives/001000.shtml#start_comments

Some resources on stopping Trackback spam and trackback abuse:

For Trackback Plugin For Wordpress:
http://seclab.cs.rice.edu/proj/trackback/trackback-validator-plugin/

A complete and insightful resource on stopping trackback related issues in typepad:

http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/fighting-trackback-spam-wordpress-beats-typepad-by-a-mile-288.htm

 

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