Comments on: Why aren’t my trackbacks working?

By: Chetan

Chetan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:41:12 +0000

Yes i am also facing same problem .Is that setting wordpress version dependent ?
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By: Ana

Ana — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:51:04 +0000

Thank you for highlighting this, Christie. I have been lacking in trackbacks latetly, and I have been curious as to whether I have been missing a setting.
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By: Evan Kline

Evan Kline — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:52:11 +0000

Great to know. Thanks for the explanation, Christie. I’ll need to remember to check that box in the future.
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By: MiscBytes

MiscBytes — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:02:44 +0000

Hi Evan, Once you put the check in the box for “Attempt to notify any blogs….” then anytime you link to someone else’s blog it will be notified. You don’t have to worry about the trackback link. I think that is for legacy systems of some sort. If you put the check in “Attempt to notify” and have some old posts that had links to blogs, you have to go back to the old posts and update them in order to get them to send their trackback. Thanks for your comment!

By: Evan Kline

Evan Kline — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:44:30 +0000

Thanks for explaining this. Trackbacks are still a bit of a mystery to me, including knowing whether I simply need to link to a blog in my content, or actually spell it out with the other blog’s trackback link in my post’s settings. To complicate factors, some blogs don’t post their trackback links, although most WordPress blogs follow the same format.
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By: christie

christie — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:14:07 +0000

Very true! The trackback is the ultimate compliment, isn’t it? It says someone thought so well of what you wrote that they referred to it and linked to you. Yep, better check those settings.

By: Blogspot to Wordpress

Blogspot to Wordpress — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:49:16 +0000

Trackback are one important part and it’s good for traffic… More over when you send a track back to anyone blog u create a relation
Lolz enough on trackback it’s time to check my settings…
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By: christie

christie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:07:59 +0000

Well tell those people to check their Discussion settings in WordPress!

By: christie

christie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:07:17 +0000

Ah, the problems of the fortunate bloggers who get back links.

By: Jacob Yap

Jacob Yap — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:47:36 +0000

Sometimes the trackbacks don’t work for me as well. Someone have linked to me, but it doesn’t show up. That’s weird.
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