If you’re using WordPress or another engine that has Pingback functionality, might I suggest that either 1) You disable that option or 2) You either ping or send a TrackBack to a given post? Personally, I recommend option 1). I’ve yet to figure out the utility of Pingback, given that it’s not nearly ubiquitous while TrackBack is.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
Follow James on FriendFeed | Twitter | Digg
NOTE: My spam filter automatically deletes any TrackBacks that do not actually link and refer to this post. Those doing it manually should ensure they have linked the post before sending the TrackBack ping.
Comments
I'd noticed your blog shows both pings and trackbacks, while others don't. Wondered what was different about it.
Posted by Jay | December 9, 2004 | 08:32 am | Permalink
Ah, I forgot...
In WordPress the pingbacks are optional and not related to trackbacks. It's actually better to turn pingbacks off for speed of the post saving.
In pMachine, trackbacks only work after pings are turned on. I seem to recall a great deal of frustration trying to get trackbacks to work before someone let us in on the secret.
One would hope Expression Engine does not work the same way.
Posted by Jay | December 9, 2004 | 08:46 am | Permalink
If you’ve got a blog that incorporates the TrackBack feature, it would be a good idea to put a link to the TrackBack URL somewhere where it is easy to find. Preferably, in the signature block of every page on which the post appears–especially the individual archive page.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
Follow James on FriendFeed | Twitter | Digg
NOTE: My spam filter automatically deletes any TrackBacks that do not actually link and refer to this post. Those doing it manually should ensure they have linked the post before sending the TrackBack ping.
Comments
*mumbles something under his breath about WordPress lacking autodiscovery*
I believe WordPress lacks automatic trackback (i.e. requires you to do it manually). I don't have to do it, however, because my blog isn't powered by WordPress.
Those of us with Movable Type blogs should heed Stephen Green’s lesson: Keep an eye on your available disk space on your host. Do not exceed your allocation or you will experience serious problems.
Ironically, I found that out the hard way my first day with MT, because I had purchased too small a plan and exceeded my allocation IMMEDIATELY. No fun.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
Follow James on FriendFeed | Twitter | Digg
NOTE: My spam filter automatically deletes any TrackBacks that do not actually link and refer to this post. Those doing it manually should ensure they have linked the post before sending the TrackBack ping.
I ran into problems because my hosting had a limit on the number of files you could have. I started getting all sorts of script errors. Thankfully they lifted the restriction on the number of files you can have.
If you’re going to send out e-mails to bloggers saying “please link me” followed by “I really love your site”. . .
. . . it might be a good idea to add that blogger to your blogroll first.
Just a little hint for you.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
Follow James on FriendFeed | Twitter | Digg
NOTE: My spam filter automatically deletes any TrackBacks that do not actually link and refer to this post. Those doing it manually should ensure they have linked the post before sending the TrackBack ping.
Comments
I'm a bit annoyed that the URL he put in the mass-message had spaces in it. Plus, on top of that, I didn't see an XML or RSS feed.
Traffic-attraction tip: Mass email people with a please link me AND make it so it's wrong. Wow. Sweet justice that you didn't link him in your post, eh James?
Gees Bryan, you're unhappy that you're getting letters from Jenny? I don't even GET THAT!!
Darn you. Darn you to heck.
Posted by Hoochie Coochie | June 13, 2003 | 12:07 am | Permalink
I don't know which is more hilarious: my original impression, on reading James' post, that some idiot had sent him a "please link me" note without linking *him,* or the revelation that this was a mass e-mail! Wow. Blogspam.
This is, apparently, the only kind of spam I don't get.
(But I am finally getting fan mail. All I need is hate mail, and I'll feel like I'm really playing in the big leagues . . .)
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
Follow James on FriendFeed | Twitter | Digg
