Can Someone Explain Pingbacks Please

penpoint · 11-15-2011, 04:58 PM

I posted a new article on my site and I included some links to other pages on my site within the article. After publishing the article, I pinged it. The first question is - should I do that?

Now I am receiving a pingback request in my Wordpress Dashboard asking me to approve the pingback. It looks like it's the links in the article I posted on my site. Should I approve the pingback, disapprove it, or ignore it?

Thanks for any insight you can provide.

sprice · 11-15-2011, 05:01 PM

hxxp://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging

Scroll half-way down the page and there's a whole long explanation on pingbacks.

Hope that helps!

UMS · 11-15-2011, 05:21 PM

No need to manually ping new pages/posts as WordPress does that automatically for you.

As for pingbacks, just ignore any internal pingbacks and keep a list of external pingbacks so that you can check if they are worth indexing.

penpoint · 11-15-2011, 05:26 PM

OK, thanks guys. Thanks for the link Sprice.

11-15-2011, 04:58 PM	#1
penpoint Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 73 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Can Someone Explain Pingbacks Please I posted a new article on my site and I included some links to other pages on my site within the article. After publishing the article, I pinged it. The first question is - should I do that? Now I am receiving a pingback request in my Wordpress Dashboard asking me to approve the pingback. It looks like it's the links in the article I posted on my site. Should I approve the pingback, disapprove it, or ignore it? Thanks for any insight you can provide.

11-15-2011, 05:01 PM	#2
sprice Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: US of A Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Contact Info	Re: Can Someone Explain Pingbacks Please hxxp://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging Scroll half-way down the page and there's a whole long explanation on pingbacks. Hope that helps!

11-15-2011, 05:21 PM	#3
UMS Peter Sundstrom War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,857 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 177 Thanked 503 Times in 370 Posts Social Networking	Re: Can Someone Explain Pingbacks Please No need to manually ping new pages/posts as WordPress does that automatically for you. As for pingbacks, just ignore any internal pingbacks and keep a list of external pingbacks so that you can check if they are worth indexing.
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11-15-2011, 05:26 PM	#4
penpoint Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 73 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Can Someone Explain Pingbacks Please OK, thanks guys. Thanks for the link Sprice.