Comments on: Link Marketing: Pingbacks vs Blog Comments

By: JH Sussex

JH Sussex — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:08:39 +0000

Thanks for the informative post, Lynn and also to Robert for his link regarding targeted blog traffic.

By: GoodCamel Blog » Test your Pingback/Trackback in WordPress

GoodCamel Blog » Test your Pingback/Trackback in WordPress — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:10:40 +0000

[...] And if you need to be convinced that Pingback/Trackback are important to your blog, here is a great article that explains why: Link Marketing: Pingbacks vs Blog Comments [...]

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:49:03 +0000

I’m not sure what the effect is, Stephen – I don’t see any visible results when I’ve tested the Trackback field in WP, so I’m not sure.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:38:42 +0000

I’m not familiar with it. Anyone else?

By: Life Change For You

Life Change For You — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:36:04 +0000

Don’t know if I’m supposed to, but I have been dropping the url of the blog I link to in the trackback section on WP. I know it’s supposed to pingback to other WP blogs, but I figured it can’t hurt!

By: SEO Tips

SEO Tips — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:40:48 +0000

Has anyone used Zemanta here? It sounds like a good tool to look at relevnat content, right?

By: Jeffery Wood

Jeffery Wood — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:12:22 +0000

Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out.

– Jeffery

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:27:11 +0000

Pingbacks are not spammy – it allows your readers to follow the conversation on to the next blog, where your guest post is. Of course, as blog owner, approving them is your choice. You’ll notice I have pingbacks from post to post here, where I reference related posts.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:25:52 +0000

Thank you, Bob

By: Bob Patterson - WorkloadMaster

Bob Patterson - WorkloadMaster — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:34:10 +0000

Lynn,

As you recommended a few weeks ago, I have begun using the SEO FastStart eBook. An excellent resource; thank you for the recommendation. But, the explanations you have given over the past week have taken that information to the next level. Your series on link building made the subject so clear and down to earth (must be a Tennessee thing). Great stuff…thank you for sharing.

– Bob

By: Mellissa

Mellissa — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:55:03 +0000

I guest post on other peoples blogs, and include links to my own blog. I then receive a ping back to approve or delete or disapprove it on my own blog. If I approve it, the Ping back shows as a comment on a post I made on my own blog. I usually delete them because I don’t want the comment section to be filled with ping backs…it looks spammy to me.

Am I missing something?

By: Tyy Ward

Tyy Ward — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:05:39 +0000

Thanks Lynn!

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:27:24 +0000

Most welcome

By: chandan@work at home

chandan@work at home — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:24:15 +0000

Thank you Lynn, now I understand it. Thank you lots for taking time to respond on my comment.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:18:55 +0000

The pingback, if approved & displayed on their blog, will happen automatically. No need to request it.

If you want to request a link, the best thing to do is a) offer to guest post on their blog on their current topics, or b) ask them to blog their opinion about something on your blog or site.

See my latest post here, a conversation with Traci Knoppe which is a combination of interview/guest post and resulted in my linking to the article I was referencing:

http://www.clicknewz.com/2112/advantage-disadvantage-outsourcing/