I've been seeing too many comments, in too many places, which tell me that the commenters simply do not understand what pings, pingbacks, and trackbacks are and how useful they can be.

I wrote a guest post on another blog back in August that was widely and favorably accepted, but I went into more detail about specific

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Today Blogger announced it's new OpenID sign in system for comments. Blogger will once again allow links back to blogs outside it's own domain in comments on Blogger hosted blogs. The Blogger dashboard carried an apology and explanation today, although the explanation leaves an unanswered question. Why did Google delete the linkback field i

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When you first start blogging it can feel like you're expecting to know a whole new language. If, like me, you had no idea what trackbacks are or if you have any need for them, then this guide will point you in the right direction.
This post covers what trackbacks are, why you would want to use trackbacks, how to trackback a

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