How To Use Pingback/Trackback To Get More Links And Contents For Your Blog
This post is about how to use pingback/trackback to get more links and contents for your blog.If you have a blog, you probably have 2 important things to ‘worry’ about.
1) Finding/writing quality content to post to your blog
2) Getting quality links to your blog
Here’s a proposal on how you can have both at the same time!
The idea is to use the pingback/trackback feature that comes with a Wordpress blog.
Here’s a typical scenario:
- Person A writes something on her blog.
- You read her blog and have some afterthought.
- You blog about your thought in your own blog (hence more content for your blog).
- You either pingback or send a trackback to Person A’s blog
- Person A’s blog receives the pingback/trackback and displays it as a comment to the original post, linking it back to your blog (hence another link juice for you).
Now, for this method to work, 2 things must be ready:
1) Person A’s blog must allow trackback and pingback
2) Ideally, person A’s blog sets “DoFollow” for her trackback and pingback.
How to know if a blog allows trackback and pingback?
Simple, just check out the blog and see if there’s any trackback or pingback links. They are either in the comments section or a section on its own (like LeadsLeap blog).
How to know if the trackback/pingback has “DoFollow”?
If you use Firefox, you can install a plugin called SEO For Firefox. The plugin will highlight links with “NoFollow”. Any link without “NoFollow” is “DoFollow”.
If you use IE, change to Firefox! (How is my humour?)
How to create a pingback or trackback?
1) First, it should be enabled in your wordpress blog. You can do that by logging into Options » Discussion - and making sure there is a check mark next to Attempt to notify any Weblogs linked to from the article (slows down posting.).
2) Next, write a post and link back to the original post.
In most cases, Pingback will happen automatically and there is no need for you to send any trackback.
If you have any difficulty in pingback or trackback, refer to this excellent guide.
A note on “DoFollow” trackback and pingback
Wordpress blog, by default, has “NoFollow” trackback/pingback link. If you own a blog and would like to advocate “DoFollow” for trackback and pingback, you can install Dofollow Trackbacks Plugin.
If you decide to do that, write a comment below to let our readers know you advocate “DoFollow” on your blog. Who knows, some readers may decide to read your blog and pingback to your blog 
Final note
You are welcome to link to LeadsLeap blog and get a pingback or trackback, provided that you don’t spam. For LeadsLeap members, you can add your referid to the link. It will pingback to the original post.
This is a great post, and some may not understand how important this info is. Bloggers who are worried about spam commenting can moderate there comments manually also. This is what I do if I feel a comment is spam and they are trying to linkback, because their link isnt going to do my readers or blog any good.
I like your blog because I learn everyday something new and meaningful. As soon as I receive your posting I try it out. It then usually makes sense and easy to understand and implement.
Which url does one enter
in order to get the
advertising needed to
promote one’s blog.
Richard,
It depends on which blog post you’re trying to promote. Generally, if you simply want to drive traffic to your blog, just use your blog url. But if you are promoting certain blog post, you should use the url of that blog post.
Advice: If you are advertising, DON’T send traffic to your blog homepage, unless your homepage is optimized for sales purpose.
Minimally, I suggest you create a page in your blog specially for advertising. It can be an about us page. The title should be something that tell people WHY they should stop and read your blog post. For example, the title can be “10 reasons why you should read this blog at least once a week.” or “Thousands of people are GLUED to this blog. Find out why……”
Richard, just enter your blog url, to promote your blog.
I’ve tried to find ‘options’ on wordpress but can’t find that option! Can anyone help?
In your wordpress admin login, you should see these links in the first line:
Dashboard | Write | Manage | Comments | Blogroll | Presentation | Plugins | Users | Options
Kenneth
THanks for the advice. I’ll use the plug in for my blog i just created!
Most interesting. It’s obvious that you care about the success of your readers and members. This is one of the best explanations I’ve found regarding a pingback or trackback.
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This is a great post, and some may not understand how important this info is.
THanks for the advice.
Pascal.
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Hi Kenneth
This post has me mind swirling. Maybe I am getting too old. Maybe becos I am getting older, I dread that i have to learn new things. But if it will do what it says to increase traffic, I will do it!
Thank you for these tips, it all makes sense, and I will be trying this out as well as some of your other suggestions.
Great information Kenneth. Building incoming links is very important for your SE rank and driving traffic. Your instructions are concise and easy to follow and should make it very easy for new bloggers to implement. I also use a wordpress plugin called CommentLuv, which will post a link to the commentors lastest blog post.
You can download CommentLuv here:
http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/commentluv-wordpress-plugin/
Hey Kenneth its me buddy, just making some tracks
Hi
I love the info,I have a do follow on mine,so come and ping me.
David
ye, that’s very helpful
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Thanks for the lessons in your blog. They are very helpful and I am going to be using what I am learning here. This is a good explanation since I get confused using trackback links. I spent a lot of time reading the Word Press forums and help sections and this explains it well. I am going to write about this on my RocqueMarketing.com site, too.
I will even attempt the mighty trackback.
I have comment luv on some of my blogs but not on this one yet. Perhaps I will add it.
Great discussion here in the comments. It has been fun to read.
Rocque
Great stuff, and simple to follow and utilize. These simple ideas help all of us.
Very useful advice. Thanks
Thanks for the useful information on your blog.
I have been here for only five minutes and have
learned so much. You have so many helpful tips.
I will certainly be applying some of them.
I will also be back to learn more.
Wishing you all the best,
Marsha
Thank you very much! I knew about these chips from seminars, but to me they for some reason seemed unimportant. I will utilize now.
Good write up my friend! Thank you.
Track Backs can be an amazing feature to your WordPress blog that you should include.It will increase your links and you will see your traffic go up.
Hey Kenneth just wanted to see who posted. Keep up the great work buddy!!
Good Post…
You also have to know how to List Build nowadays….
I have been using this since June an dmy aweber list has grown from 25 to 2,701!!!
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I hope readers stop posting Hi, Hello & queries here. This place is only to add comments on Kenneth’s post. Please be specific & write something that adds value to the blog-readers here. Please donot spam! I highly recommend Wordpress as your blog platform. Donot use free-blog providers if your can afford your own blog hosted on your own domain. Post content regularly & brand your blog with YOU…
Ho Kenneth,
Thanks for a super blog. Is there a way that I can use pingback in a blogger.com blog?
Kenneth,
I don’t know if we have the same WP version but I was reading you ping/trackback and would like to activate it is my. Problem is I can’t find the Options >> Discussion tab in my WordPress (note I have version 2.5.1, I guess)
Joseph
I’m sold :)) +1
Great article for pingbacks! I will have to check my blog to make certain I am set.
Thanks to Kenneth for creating LeadsLeap.com
Content was King. Now “Unique content is King”. I am sure all of us will benefit from this valuable post about Blogging.
Thanks Kenneth.
I love Firefox and am psyched about the Firefox SEO Extension! I also happen to be plugin-crazy and appreciate the Do Follow Plugin suggestion.
I appreciate you.
Dali Burgado
Very good info about pingback. I will try to activate it for my blog and link it to yours. Thank you, Kenneth!
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Hi Kenneth
I have been trying to get my head around pingbacks and trackbacks, a bit confusing to say the least,I checked out the “excellent tutorial” link further up this page and would like to say how good the tutorial is,with a few reads I think I am going to finally get the hang of it.
Thanks for the link
Colin
Great information! Being a newbie to this can be frustrating, but you’ve laid it out for us1 Thanks!
Thanks for the useful information on your blog.
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Regards
Pingbacks and trackbacks have always been a bit of a mystery to me, thanks to your great tutorial above they no longer are. I have also installed Do Follow on my blog.
I particularly like the advanced URL cloaking available in Leads Leap - it’s worth the membership just for that!
Thanks for the link and all your help.
Paul - Grampa Starling.
I like this feature, but I’m only able to use it on certain sites. I haven’t been able to successfully perform a pingback as of yet. I couldn’t get the trackback or linkback to work on this site. I have Dofollow installed as well. I have been able to get the trackback feature to work on a few sites though. I have a lot of homework to do, but this is definitely worth learning about.
just added the “do-follow” plugin to my WP blog. i guess i’ll see what happens in the next coupla hours…
I appreciate this post as it allows us to continue to grow and stretch our networks with value.
Hi,
Thanks ken, as always I continuing learning and this the main reason i keep reading your blog.
At the mean time I would like to receive comments about my blog:http://alfonsoruizbiz.com/blog
God Bless,
Hello every one, and great article, found it interesting, only thing i could say is you should have actually put a few pingback links up as a example, like most legacy article & blogging systems supply there own track back link but they can be rather hard to find sometimes ^_^ But its all good as I don’t need a example I just thought the others might.
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I installed the dofollow plugin and will see the results, if you need help to installed I’ll be at my blog, just take a look and my dofollow will follow you
Thats very useful. Thanks
This is really great information on building additional traffic…which we all need.
I’m not sure that I know exactly how to do all this….
Well Randy, like you wasn’t sure but i just start to do it and its really works. good luck!
Good stuff. It is not implemented on my blog thedailyweight.info
Most blogs should come with this kinda stuff built in, so i wouldnt stress to much unless your using a legacy blogging system. Legacy systems require manual ping-back.
sorry for the double post, has anyone checked up on recent releases of wordpress? i think it now ships with auto ping-back/track-back gear.
bit to busy atm to check my self.
http://www.jamiesgalacticblog.com
see that blog there that’s one of my heavily modified wordpress blogs, it ping backs automatically and i haven’t installed anything and that’s a ancient version.
anyway brb kinda busy lol
Ken,
Best info on pingback or trackback. Now everbody knows how important backlinks are to SEO get trageted traffic. If you have targeted traffic you can have chance to sell anything !!
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it may have been the best info if it had a awsome sample like this one lol
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http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
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Spam it and they nuclear warhead your IP address lol
Hi Kenneth,
Great information, I applied all in your post.
Just yesterday I purchased the Ultimate Blogging Theme from this 15 year old Kid who besides the highly optimized themes for a WordPress blog provides some videos on how he monetizes and tricks that made him rank well in Google and is making him tones of money. He sure makes the “Gurus” who advocate recycled tips about blogs look bad.
I honestly think this info is a must for anyone trying to make it on the net. Personally I have many static websites but now I am paying attention and changing most of them into blogs. This is why I came here to read your great info
See this Kid here how he does it with free example sites he owns …just unbelievable. http://www.nicholasmancini.ws/ultimatebloggingtheme.com
Cheers!
Nicholas
Nicholas that theme is just a ad sense theme mm, sorry but there’s 100’s of those out there for free, you just got ripped by a 15 year old kid that probably got a hand from his high traffic neighbor. I actually have 1000 word press themes that look extremely similar. (plus as a programmer i must add his theme is rather dull) see a theme has to be unique while at the same time servicing your needs plus your visitors needs. His themes failed miserably, I ran away crying mummy.
just a tip for the noob’s;) Oh oh and I give away themes claiming riches all the time, just go here http://www.galactica-digital-shop.com
Hi,
As I’m a newbie, I’m not sure I fully understood all this ping/track stuff, but I will work on it.
Meanwhile, I have added the “dofollow” plugin into my website, Let’s see it at work..
hello Dorin,
its ok to be a newbie, no shame in it.
Anyway m8, a simple way to look at it is dofollow: alters the code that is default in a wordpress blog which tells search engines not to follow your article posts. see each post is posted with a default meta tag type code.
Yes kenneth, As you mentioned pingback/trackback to get more links and contents for your blog is important in online business.With this You simply drive traffic to your blog, using blog url. For SEO it’s also useful !! Comments of other members are also found useful here.
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there are heaps of tools out there it can get really confusing, thanks for that resource:) , its always good to have multiple resources so you can match facts.