So, how does a trackback work?

[Bill]

Halfdeck was saying a trackback was a reciprocal link, and that a comment would be better.

Which doesn't fit my understanding, which doesn't mean much, because I don't really understand what a trackback is and how it's supposed to work.

If I copy a permalink, and put it in a post, is that a trackback?

Is a trackback by definition reciprocal?

Whats the difference between a trackback and a pingback?

I may not have been talking about a trackback at all. What I meant was placing a permalink to the interior page in the page body of a post on a blog.

Here's a page I found on this, I remain unenlightened...

http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/web...ckback-debate/

"For the sake of this article I’m going to classify three different methods of trackbacks:

Link and Trackback: This is the preferred trackback form of those upholding the etiquette argument. This is when a blogger links to the blog that he/she is sending the trackback too.

Non-Reciprocal Trackback: This is when a trackback is sent without a link to the blog receiving the trackback. This would probably be the must despised method of trackbacks but I tend to believe that it might be one of the best (under the right circumstances).

Two-Way Trackback: This is when Blog A sends a trackback to Blog B and Blog B sends a trackback to Blog A without a link in the article written to either site. Therefore, both sites have a link to each other without either one being linked inside the article. "