Pingbacks in comments - bad?

Halfdeck · 2006-08-17, 01:10 AM

I was wondering if grandma's pingback was working

I wouldn't get stuck on thinking too much about links. Pingbacks/trackbacks are a way to further the dialogue between bloggers, instead of just talking to ourselves or driving a sale. Google may reward us handsomely for that dialogue, but what's more important is the value added to our blog from that conversation. The end game *should* (i hope i dont sound too preachy lol) be building a great blog, and having people link to you because they love your blog -- not pulling cheap tricks to somehow pump traffic to some mundane site that helps surfers become one with the back button.

Blogs have an amazing reach that free sites will never have. When you post something you know other people can hear you from miles away, for better or for worse. Trackbacks, comments, etc are all part of that.

BTW, http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ isn't a bad tool to check nofollows on sites, though a blog with nofollow won't stop me from leaving dumb comments.

ponygirl · 2006-08-17, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Halfdeck

BTW, http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ isn't a bad tool to check nofollows on sites, though a blog with nofollow won't stop me from leaving dumb comments.

well now that's a nice little tool, thanks

walrus · 2006-08-17, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Halfdeck

I was wondering if grandma's pingback was working

Honestly, I kind of wondered the same thing and actually checked a few of the sites to see. BTW, they are working.

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Originally Posted by Halfdeck

BTW, http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ isn't a bad tool to check nofollows on sites, though a blog with nofollow won't stop me from leaving dumb comments.

I'll leave dumb comments as well without concern for the nofollow tag, I mentioned it because I didn't think a lot of folks realized that it was there.

Halfdeck · 2006-08-17, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by walrus

I mentioned it because I didn't think a lot of folks realized that it was there.

Yeah, I didn't realize it either. I took down all my nofollows on blogs that I post semi-regularly.

phatbiatch · 2006-08-17, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Halfdeck

I was wondering if grandma's pingback was working

I wouldn't get stuck on thinking too much about links. Pingbacks/trackbacks are a way to further the dialogue between bloggers, instead of just talking to ourselves or driving a sale. Google may reward us handsomely for that dialogue, but what's more important is the value added to our blog from that conversation. The end game *should* (i hope i dont sound too preachy lol) be building a great blog, and having people link to you because they love your blog -- not pulling cheap tricks to somehow pump traffic to some mundane site that helps surfers become one with the back button.

Blogs have an amazing reach that free sites will never have. When you post something you know other people can hear you from miles away, for better or for worse. Trackbacks, comments, etc are all part of that.

BTW, http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ isn't a bad tool to check nofollows on sites, though a blog with nofollow won't stop me from leaving dumb comments.

yea I thought I had read somewhere that what makes your blog more relevant and popular to SEO is when other people are linking to your blog in their actual posts? I think there are quite a few people who don't really get the knack of weblogging in adult. They just jump in because that's what everyone else is doing.

virgohippy · 2006-08-17, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by phatbiatch

yea I thought I had read somewhere that what makes your blog more relevant and popular to SEO is when other people are linking to your blog in their actual posts? I think there are quite a few people who don't really get the knack of weblogging in adult. They just jump in because that's what everyone else is doing.

Give a hippy a break, I'm learning!!!

phatbiatch · 2006-08-17, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by virgohippy

Give a hippy a break, I'm learning!!!

lol what ya talking about?

. I wasn't referring to anyone here.

2006-08-17, 01:10 AM	#1
Halfdeck You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 985	I was wondering if grandma's pingback was working I wouldn't get stuck on thinking too much about links. Pingbacks/trackbacks are a way to further the dialogue between bloggers, instead of just talking to ourselves or driving a sale. Google may reward us handsomely for that dialogue, but what's more important is the value added to our blog from that conversation. The end game should (i hope i dont sound too preachy lol) be building a great blog, and having people link to you because they love your blog -- not pulling cheap tricks to somehow pump traffic to some mundane site that helps surfers become one with the back button. Blogs have an amazing reach that free sites will never have. When you post something you know other people can hear you from miles away, for better or for worse. Trackbacks, comments, etc are all part of that. BTW, http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/ isn't a bad tool to check nofollows on sites, though a blog with nofollow won't stop me from leaving dumb comments. __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.